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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].

  1. 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,
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. A sheepfold or cote, Verg. A. 9, 60 Serv.
    2. * B. An enclosure, Inscr. Murat. 191, 3.

Caulāres, is, m., a river of Pamphylia, Liv. 38, 15, 1.

† caulias, ae, m., = καυλίας, taken or derived from the stalk: sucus, opp. to rhizias (from the root), Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 43.

caulĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [cauliculus], furnished with or having a stalk: rami, App. Herb. 90.

caulĭcŭlus or cōlĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [caulis],

  1. I. the small stalk or stem of a plant; form cauliculus, Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 119; Suet. Gram. 11; Scrib. Comp. 128; Veg. 2, 6, 2; form coliculus, Cato, R. R. 158, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; 1, 42, 4; Col. 11, 2, 10; 12, 7, 1; 12, 56, 1.
  2. II. In architecture, a stalk or stem as an ornament on the capitals of columns, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; 7, 5, 3.

caulis (cōlis, 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 coles, Cels. 6, 18, 2; cf. cauliculus), is, m., = καυλός,

  1. 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 κατ’ ἐξοχήν, 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.
  2. II. Of things of a similar form.
    1. A. Pennae, a quill Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 228.
    2. B. The stem or bony part of an ox’ s tail, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265.
    3. C. In insects, a tube by which eggs are deposited, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101.
    4. D. = membrum virile, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 399, 1: (coles), Cels. 6, 18, 2; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 413.

† caulōdes, is, = καυλώδης, stalk-like: brassica, a kind of cabbage with large leaves, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 79.

Caulōnĭa, ae, f. (Caulon, ōnis, m., Verg. A. 3, 553; Liv. 27, 15, 8; Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; acc. Caulona, Ov. M. 15, 705), = Καυλωνία, a city founded by the Achœans on the east coast of Bruttium, now Castel Vetere, Mel. 2, 4, 8; Liv. 27, 12, 6 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. l. l.

căvillātor (caulāt-, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 13), ōris, m. [cavillor],

  1. I. a jester, jeerer, caviller: facetus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 46: probus, id. Truc. 3, 2, 15; * Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2; Gell. 4, 20, 3.
  2. II. Meton., a sophist, Sen. Ep. 102, 20.