noun · femininefirst declension
bascauda
bascauda f (genitive bascaudae)
Classical[basˈkau̯.da]Ecclesiastical[basˈkaːu̯.da]
Meaning
- Late Latinfemininea woven mat or vessel to hold basketwork
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bascauda | bascaudae |
| genitive | bascaudae | bascaudārum |
| dative | bascaudae | bascaudīs |
| accusative | bascaudam | bascaudās |
| ablative | bascaudā | bascaudīs |
| vocative | bascauda | bascaudae |
bascauda, ae, f. British; whence Engl. basket; cf. Wall. basget, basgawd; and Gr βαστάζω, to carry,
I. an article of table furniture, prob. a delicately woven mat, or dish-holder of basket-work, Juv. 12, 46; Mart. 14, 99, 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bascauda ae, f
cf. Engl. basket, a woven mat, dish holder of basket-work, Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”). More at basket.
Descendants
- Englishbasketfrom Old French bascat
- Normanbasquettefrom Old French bascat
- Tok Pisinbasketfrom Old French bascat
- Cornishbasketfrom Old French bascat
- Irishbascaedfrom Old French bascat
- Welshbasgedfrom Old French bascat
- Scotsbasketfrom Old French bascat
- Yolabaskaatefrom Old French bascat
- Yolabaskeatfrom Old French bascat