Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cauliculi

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CAULIC'ULI. In architecture, the eight smaller leaves or stalks in a Corinthian capital which spring out of the four larger or principal ones, by which the eight volutes of the capital are sustained. (Vitruv. iv. 1. 12. Gwilt, Glossary of Architrecture, s. v.) They are easily distinguished upon any Corinthian capitals. See CAPITULUM 6.; but in consequence of the very diminished size of the drawing, it is difficult to make them sufficiently prominent.