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καυλός

καυλός, the shaft

καυλός, ὁ,
  • stem of a plant (opp. στέλεχος, of trees, Thphr. HP 1.1.9), Epich. 158, Ar. Eq. 824 (anap.); κ. σιλφίου ib. 894; ἢ σίλφιον ἢ ὀπὸς ἢ κ. Hp. Acut. 37; called ἐκ Κυρήνης κ. Hermipp. 63.4; κ. ἐκ Καρχηδόνος Eub. 19; κ. Λίβυς Antiph. 217.13, cf. 325; κράμβης BGU 1118.12 (pl., i B.C.), cf. Dsc. 2.120, Archig. ap. Gal. 13.331.
      • 2 Hom. (only in Il.), spear-shaft, ἐν καυλῷ ἐάγη δολιχὸν δόρυ Il. 13.162; κατεκλάσθη δʼ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος ib. 608; once of a sword-hilt, ἀμφὶ δὲ καυλὸν φάσγανον ἐρραίσθη 16.338.
      • 3 of various tubular structures in animals, πτεροῦ καυλός quill part of a feather, Pl. Phdr. 251b, cf. Arist. HA 504a31; neck of the bladder, ib. 497a20; duct of the penis, ib. 510a26; cervix uteri, ib. 510b11; ovipositor of locusts, ib. 555b21.
      • 4 shank of a fish-hook, Opp. H. 3.148.
    • II vegetable of the cabbage kind, cole, kail, cauliflower, Alex. 127.5, Anaxandr. 41.58 (pl.), Eub. 7.3 (pl.).
    • III membrum virile, Hp. Int. 14, D.S. 32.11, Gal. UP 14.12, Ruf. Onom. 101, etc. (Cf. Lat. caulus, caulis, Lith. kaáulas ‘bone’.)

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