Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn
caulias: ae, m., = καυλίας,
I taken or derived from the stalk: sucus, opp. to rhizias (from the root), Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 43.