cauliculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”).

Noun

cauliculus (plural cauliculi)

(architecture) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes.

Latin

Alternative forms

cōliculus

Etymology

Diminutive of caulis.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈliːkulus]

Noun

cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension

small cabbage
stalk, stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cauliculus	cauliculī
Genitive	cauliculī	cauliculōrum
Dative	cauliculō	cauliculīs
Accusative	cauliculum	cauliculōs
Ablative	cauliculō	cauliculīs
Vocative	caulicule	cauliculī

Descendants

Catalan: colís, colitx
→ English: caulicle
Galician: coella, covella
Italian: colecchio
Romanian: curechi
Spanish: colleja

References

“cauliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cauliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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