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caulae

caulae

railing or lattice barrier; pores (of the skin)

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What it meant

1. caulae — de Vaan

caulae 'railing or lattice barrier; pores (of the skin)' [f.pl. a] (Lex Cornelia (81 BC)+; Lucr.) Pit. *kax~ela 'little hole, juncture'. It. cognates: maybe Ο kaila [acc.sg.] 'a certain sacral building* < *kaxi/ela-. A connection with colum 'sieve' is not very likely, since there are no spelling variants caulis colae, and also no spelling variant caulum for cdlum. The latter must first of all be compared with … — [de Vaan, s.v. caulae, p. 113]

2. caulae — Lewis & Short

caulae or caullae, ārum, f.apparently contr. from cavile, Varr. L. L. 5, § 20, p. 8 Bip., from cavus; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46.

I In gen., an opening, hole, passage (so most freq. in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 951; 3, 707: per caulas corporis, id. 3, 255; 3, 702; 6, 839: per caulas palati, id. 4, 620; 4, 660: per caulas aetheris, id. 6, 492: intra caulas (aedis Saturni), Lex Corn. XX Quaest. 2, 41; cf.: caulae (Jani) pace clauduntur, Macr. S. 1, 9; v. Lucr. 2, p. 374 sq. Lachm. —Hence,
II Esp.
A A sheepfold or cote, Verg. A. 9, 60 Serv.—*
B An enclosure, Inscr. Murat. 191, 3.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. caulae (scan pp. 113-114; entry #227).

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