Caulis, huius caulis, m. g. Plin. A stalke or siemme of an herbe: all maner of pot herbes: the herbe colewortes: the cuinpe of a beast: a shaft: a fauelin.Caulis palmeus. Colum. Caulis vitis.Virg.The yong braunch of a vine. Caulis, pro Brassica. Plin. Teneri caules. Horat. Caulis suburbanus. Horat. Frangert caules. Horat. Vngere caules oleo. Horat. Caules pennarum auium. Plin. The quill and stemme of a feather bestde the dowue.Caulis caudæ. Plin. All the rumpe bestde the hayre.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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]. 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, II. Esp. A.A sheepfold or cote, Verg. A. 9, 60 Serv.— B.An enclosure,Inscr. Murat. 191, 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., = kaulo/s, 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 quillPlin. 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.