different between volute vs cauliculus

English

Etymology

From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin vol?ta, from the feminine of vol?tus, perfect passive participle of volv?. Doublet of vault.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??lu?t/

Noun

volute (plural volutes)

1. (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family {Volutidae.
4. (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
5. (art) A spiral or scroll form.
6. (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.

Derived terms

• volutite
• volutoid

Translations

Adjective

volute (not comparable)

1. (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.lyt/

Noun

volute f (plural volutes)

1. (architecture) volute
2. (music, lutherie) scroll (of a musical instrument)

Italian

Participle

volute

1. feminine plural of the past participle of volere

Latin

Participle

vol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of vol?tus

English

Etymology

Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”).

Noun

cauliculus (plural cauliculi)

1. (architecture) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of caulis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kau??li.ku.lus/, [käu??l?k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau??li.ku.lus/, [k?u??li?kulus]

Noun

cauliculus m (genitive caulicul?); second declension

1. small cabbage
2. stalk, stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: colís, colitx
• Galician: coella, covella
• Italian: colecchio
• Romanian: curechi
• Spanish: colleja

References

• cauliculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cauliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette