caulis
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caulis (plural caules)
- (architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
- (botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
caulis
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.lis/, [ˈkäu̯lʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.lis/, [ˈkäːu̯lis]
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
caulīs
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis. Cognate with Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā), Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), Latvian kauls (“bone”), Old Irish cúal (“bundle of sticks”), and perhaps Old Armenian ցօղուն (cʿōłun, “stalk; straw”).[1]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
caulis m (genitive caulis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | caulis | caulēs |
Genitive | caulis | caulium |
Dative | caulī | caulibus |
Accusative | caulem | caulēs caulīs |
Ablative | caule | caulibus |
Vocative | caulis | caulēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: càule
- Borrowings
References edit
- “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caulis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100