Carolus

Carolus
Gold coin of Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne) struck in Milan
Pronunciation	ˈkarələs
Gender	male
Origin
Word/Name	Indo-European
Meaning	Old man in the sense of respected elder or king
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Anglicisation(s)	Charles, Carl, Karel
Related names	Karl

Carolus, the Latin form of Germanic *karlaz,^[1]. represented also by English Carl, may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 First name or title 1.2 Last name 2 Scientific 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also 5 References

People

First name or title

• Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), Swedish botanist and physician
• Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (Carl von Linné or Linnaeus filius), Swedish naturalist
• Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand), French painter
• Carolus Sigonius (Carlo Sigonio or Sigone), Italian humanist
• Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne), Holy Roman Emperor
• Carolus Clusius (Charles de l'Écluse), Flemish doctor and botanist
• Carolus Rex (Charles XII or Karl XII), King of Sweden
• Carolus Gustavus (Charles X Gustav or Karl X Gustav), King of Sweden
• Carolus Luython, 17th century composer
• Carolus Sigonius, 16th century Italian humanist
• Carolus Hacquart, 17th century composer
• Carolus Souliaert, 16th century composer

Last name

• Joris Carolus, 17th century Dutch cartographer
• Johann Carolus, 17th century newspaper publisher
• Cheryl Carolus, South African politician

Scientific

• Heliolonche carolus, species of moth
• Carolus (genus), a genus of six species in a family of flowering plants.
• 16951 Carolus Quartus, an asteroid named after Charles IV (Latin: Carolus Quartus), the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia.

Miscellaneous

• carolus (coin), was a gold coin struck in the reign of Charles I.

• Several Swedish ships of the line have also been named Carolus.

See also

• Charles
• Carl (name)
• Karl

References

1. ^ T. F. Hoad, English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 1993, page 63.

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