caulis

English

Etymology 1

From Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːlɪs/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlɪs

Noun

caulis (plural caules)

  1. (architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
Translations

Noun

caulis

  1. plural of cauli

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

caulīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of caulae

Etymology 2

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 (cʻōłun, “stalk; straw”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

caulis m (genitive caulis); third declension

  1. stalk, stem
  2. stem of a cabbage
Declension

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
Descendants
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cavolo
    • Sicilian: càvulu, cavulu, caulu, càulu
  • Padanian:
    • Emilian: chèvol, cavol, caul
    • Ligurian: cöo, cô, cúaro
    • Lombard: caul, cavol
    • Piedmontese: còl, caure
    • Romagnol: chèvol, chevle
    • Venetian: càvol, càorlo, càoło
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: càule
Borrowings
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *kawl (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: caulis (learned)
  • → Catalan: caule (semi-learned)
  • → Italian: caule (semi-learned)
  • → Macedonian: кељ (kelj)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *kauli (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: caule (semi-learned)

References
  • “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.
  1. 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
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