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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,
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 κατ̓ 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.—
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.413
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.116
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.15
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.101
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.120
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.18
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.47
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.7.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.6.36
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