cauliculus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”). Doublet of caulicle. === Noun === cauliculus (plural cauliculi) (architecture) In the Corinthian capital, any of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. Synonym: caulicole == Latin == === Alternative forms === cōliculus === Etymology === Diminutive of caulis, from caulis +‎ -culus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈliː.ku.lus] === Noun === cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension small cabbage stalk, stem ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === 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.