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καυλός

kaulos

shaft, stalk, quill of a feather

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1. καυλός · kaulos — Beekes

καυλός [m.] ‘shaft, stalk, quill of a feather’ (Il.); on the botanical and anatomical mg. Stromberg 1937: 9sff. and 49. eCOMP Often as a second member, e.g. μονό-καυλος (Thphr.; Stromberg 1937: 104f.), rarely as a first member, e.g. in kavAo-xivdpa ‘the shaft of the artichoke’ (Gp.); see Strémberg 1944: 7. *DER Diminutives: καυλίον (Arist.), καυλίοκος (J., D. S., Dsc.); further καυλεῖον = … — [Beekes, s.v. καυλός, p. 705]

2. καυλός · kaulos — Chantraine

καυλός : m. «tige», notamment pour les herbacées par opposition à στέλεχος qui se dit des troncs d’arbres fef. Stromberg, Theophrastea 96 sq] (Épich, Ar. Thphr., etc.). D'où nom de certains légumes comme le chou ({com.), hampe d’une javeline (IL), certains emplois anatomiques, comme la partie tubulaire d'une plume (P1., etc.), le pénis (Hp., Arist., etc.). Ce terme technique fournit de nombreux composés. Au premier … — [Chantraine, s.v. καυλός, p. 520]

3. καυλός · kaulos — Frisk

καυλός m. “Schaft, Stengel, Stiel, Federkiel’ (Il., ion.-att.; zur botan. u. anatom. Bed. Strömberg Theophrastea 95ff. und 49). Oft als Hinterglied, z.B. μονό-καυλος (Thphr. u.a.; Strömberg 104f.), vereinzelt als Vorderglied, u.a. in xavioκινάρα “der Stengel der Artischocke’ (Gp.; vgl. Strömberg Wortstudien 7). — Mehrere Ableitungen. Zwei Deminutiva: καυλίον (Arist., Pap. u.a.), καυλίσκος (J., D. S., Dsk.); καυλεῖον … — [Frisk, s.v. καυλός, p. 834]

4. καυλός · kaulos — LSJ

stem

stem of a plant (opp. στέλεχος, of trees, Thphr. HP 1.1.9), Epich. 158, Ar. Eq. 824 (anap.); κ. σιλφίου ib. 894; ἢ σίλφιον ἢ ὀπὸς ἢ κ. Hp. Acut. 37; called ἐκ Κυρήνης κ. Hermipp. 63.4; κ. ἐκ Καρχηδόνος Eub. 19; κ. Λίβυς Antiph. 217.13, cf. 325; κράμβης BGU 1118.12 (pl., i B.C.), cf. Dsc. 2.120, Archig. ap. Gal. 13.331.

2 spear-shaft, sword-hilt

Hom. (only in Il.), spear-shaft, ἐν καυλῷ ἐάγη δολιχὸν δόρυ Il. 13.162; κατεκλάσθη δʼ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος ib. 608; once of a sword-hilt, ἀμφὶ δὲ καυλὸν φάσγανον ἐρραίσθη 16.338.

3 quill part, neck, duct, cervix uteri, ovipositor

of various tubular structures in animals, πτεροῦ καυλός quill part of a feather, Pl. Phdr. 251b, cf. Arist. HA 504a31; neck of the bladder, ib. 497a20; duct of the penis, ib. 510a26; cervix uteri, ib. 510b11; ovipositor of locusts, ib. 555b21.

4 shank

shank of a fish-hook, Opp. H. 3.148.

II vegetable of the cabbage kind, cole, kail, cauliflower

vegetable of the cabbage kind, cole, kail, cauliflower, Alex. 127.5, Anaxandr. 41.58 (pl.), Eub. 7.3 (pl.).

III membrum virile

membrum virile, Hp. Int. 14, D.S. 32.11, Gal. UP 14.12, Ruf. Onom. 101, etc. (Cf. Lat. caulus, caulis, Lith. kaáulas ‘bone’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. καυλός (scan pp. 705-706; entry #3002).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. καυλός (scan p. 520; entry #3752). Root candidates: *kaulinyo-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. καυλός (scan pp. 834-835; entry #2859).

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