noun · femininefirst declension
calautica
calautica f (genitive calauticae)
Meaning
- feminineA covering for the head of women, which fell down over the shoulders
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calautica | calauticae calanticae |
| genitive | calauticae calanticae | calauticārum calanticārum |
| dative | calauticae calanticae | calauticīs calanticīs |
| accusative | calauticam calanticam | calauticās calanticās |
| ablative | calauticā | calauticīs calanticīs |
| vocative | calautica | calauticae calanticae |
călautĭca (in many MSS. and edd. erroneously călantĭca), ae, f. of uncer.tain etym.; acc. to Beier, Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 107, perh. kindr. with καλύπτω, as auris, through the Cretan form αὖς, with οὖς,
I. a covering for the head of women, which fell down over the shoulders (perh. a kind of veil):
calautica est tegmen muliebre, quod capiti innectitur, Non. p. 537, 2 sq.: mitrae, semimitrae, calautica, etc.; cf. Mai and Orell. in h. l. (Orell. Cic. V. 2, p. 336); Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 5, 3 B. and K.; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10; cf. also Arn. 2, p. 59, and Gloss. Philox.; Aus. Per. Odyss. 5: εἶδος ζώνης (Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 616, erron. considers it as of like signif. with mitra).Origins
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 Egyptian, 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.