calautica
Latin
Alternative forms
- calantica, calvatica
Etymology
A borrowing attested from Afranius; the same as Classical Syriac ܟܲܠܵܘܵܐ (kalāwā), ܟܲܠܘܵܐ (kalwā, “tiara”) from Akkadian 𒆪𒇻𒇻 (/kulūlu/, “a kind of turban or headband”) which Brockelmann glosses in his Syriac-Latin lexicon as calautica; probably in Latin via Demotic, Coptic ⲕⲗⲁϥⲧ (klaft). Also passed into Arabic كَلَّوْتَة (kallawta), كَلَّفْتَة (kallafta), كَلَّفْتَاة (kallaftāh), a headwear consisting of a cap and turban popular with the Ayyubids and Mamluks, that is in Egypt, and possibly قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa), which might descend from the Latin.
Noun
calautica f (genitive calauticae); first declension
- A covering for the head of women, which fell down over the shoulders
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | calautica | calauticae |
| Genitive | calauticae | calauticārum |
| Dative | calauticae | calauticīs |
| Accusative | calauticam | calauticās |
| Ablative | calauticā | calauticīs |
| Vocative | calautica | calauticae |
References
- “klwˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “calautica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calautica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 62
- Lagarde, Paul de (1887) Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, pages 4–11
- Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “calautica”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 86