καυλός

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ulós or *kawlós (“tubular bone, pipe, stalk”), possibly earlier *kéh₂wl̥, from a root *keh₂- or *kewh₂-, *keh₂w- (“hollow”) (compare κοῖλος (koîlos)); however there are unresolved phonetic problems, such as the lack of aspiration in Sanskrit. Cognates include Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā), Latvian kauls, and Old English cāl (> English cole).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kau̯.lós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kawˈlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈβlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈvlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈvlos/

Noun

καυλός • (kaulós) m (genitive καυλοῦ); second declension

stem, stalk
shaft

Derived terms

καύλινος (kaúlinos)
καυλίον (kaulíon)
στρογγῠλόκαυλος (strongŭlókaulos)

Descendants

(From καυλίον (kaulíon)):

→? Latin: caulis (or inherited from the same Proto-Indo-European source)
Greek: καυλί (kavlí)

References

“καυλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“καυλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“καυλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
καυλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
καυλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blade idem, page 81.
- quill idem, page 667.
- stalk idem, page 809.