- κασᾶς
- κασᾶς, -ᾶ, -ᾶνGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `horse-cloth'; (Agatharch., X. Kyr.), κασῆς (PTeb.), also κάσσος (Hdn. 1, 208), acc. to H. ἱμάτιον παχὺ καὶ τραχύ, περιβόλαιον, and κάς ... δέρμα H., PLond. 2, 402 V 5.Compounds: As 1. member in κασ(σ)ο-ποιός (pap., Ostr.);Derivatives: κασωτός adjunct of ἐσθής (Diog. Oen.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] orient.Etymology: Oriental loan, cf. Hebr. kissē' and kesūṭ prop. `cover', `(upper)cloth'; Cuny MSL 19, 193f. and Nyberg in Björck Alpha impurum 295. Wrong IE. etymologies were rejcted by Bq. From Greek to Lat. casula. Kramer, AfP 45 (1999) 192-204 and AfP 46 (2000) 62-64.Page in Frisk: 1,797
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