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caulis

stem, stalk, penis

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Where it lives

Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 1 · 8.33/10k
Naturalis Historia 256 · 6.46/10k
De agri cultura 4 · 2.56/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Satyrarum libri 3 · 2.11/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 11 · 1.4/10k
De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
De Medicina 3 · 0.29/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. caulis — de Vaan

caulis 'stem, stalk, penis' [m. i] (Cato+) Derivatives: cauliculus 'small stalk, sprout1 (Cato+); colei, -drum 'testicles' (Lab.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. caulis, p. 114]

2. caulis — Lewis & Short

caulis (cōlis, coles, is, m., = kaulo/s,

Cato, R. R. 35, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2; 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 6, 36; id. Arb. 9, 2; also in Hor. S. 2, 4, 15, the best MSS have colis; and Cels. 6, 18, 2; cf. cauliculus),

I the stalk or stem of a plant: brassicae, Cato, R. R. 157, 2: cepae, Col. 11, 3, 21 and 58: fabarum, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120 et saep.: dictamni, Verg. A. 12, 413.—Of the vine, the tendrils, Cato, R. R. 33, 4; Col. 4, 7, 2.—B kat' e)coxh/n, a cabbage-stalk, a cabbage, colewort, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Hor. S. 1, 3, 116; 2, 4, 15; 2, 2, 62; 2, 3, 125; Col 10, 369; 12, 7, 5; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 240.—

II Of things of a similar form.

A Pennae, a quill Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 228.—

B The stem or bony part of an ox' s tail, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265.—

C In insects, a tube by which eggs are deposited, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101.—

D = membrum virile, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 399, 1: (coles), Cels. 6, 18, 2; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 413.

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. caulis (scan p. 114; entry #228).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caulis (scan p. 131; entry #1935).

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