καυλός

kaulos

stem

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 12
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Book I 2
Chapter 17 496a4–497b2

497a20
497a24
Book II 1
Chapter 12 503b29–504b12

504a31
Book III 6
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35

510a26
510a28
510b11
510b14
510b28
511a1
Book IV 1
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532a25
Book V 2
Chapter 28 555b18–556a7

555b21

Chapter 31 556b21–557a32

557a14
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

795a14
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 3 468b16–469a26

468b21
On Length and Shortness of Life 1
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Chapter 6 467a6–467b9

467a23
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 12 692b3–695a27

692b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

καυλός, ὁ, A. 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’.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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