stalk (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. stirps, pis, f.2. stīlus3. caulis, is, m.4. caulĭcŭlus (diminutive of foregoing)5. culmus, (of corn)6. călămus7. scāpus • stalk (subs.): the stem of a plant: 1. stirps, pis, f.: Join: arborum radices stirpesque, Cic. Or. 43, 147. 2. stīlus: the nut grows up with a single s., nux simplici s. prorepit, Col. 5, 10: s. of asparagus, s. asparagi, id. 11, 3. 3. caulis, is, m.: a cabbage with a thick s., brassica c. magno, Cato R. R. 157, 2. 4. caulĭcŭlus (diminutive of foregoing): Plin. 12, 12, 26. 5. culmus, (of corn): lest the s. fall forward with the weight of the ears, ne gravidis procumbat c. aristis, Virg. G. 1, 111. 6. călămus: s.s of the lupine, lupini fragiles c., ib. 76. 7. scāpus: a s. laden with a hundred beans, s. centum fabis onustus, Plin. 16, 24, 38. Foot-s. of leaves or fruit, pĕdĭcŭlus, Plin. 16, 24, 38: bean s.s, făbālia, ium, or caules fabarum, ib. 18, 12, 30.