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bascauda

bascauda · f

an article of table furniture

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. bascauda — Lewis & Short

bascauda, ae, f.British; whence Engl. basket; cf. Wall. basget, basgawd; and Gr basta/zw, 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.

2. bascauda — Walde–Hofmann

bascauda, -ae f. „eherner Spülnapf einer aus Britannien stammenden Form“ (seit Mart., rom.; masc- Schol. Juv., s. Goetz Festschr. Kluge 42; daraus gr. BackaüAnc Pap.): altbrit. Wort, urspr. wohl „große Kumme“, „geflochtener Korb* (vgl. das Lehnwort engl. basket ,Korb*), urverwandt mit lat. fascia; zum Ausgang vgl. alauda, bagaudae. — Walde-P. II 136, Dottin 231. basélus „leichtes Fahrzeug“ (Isid.): Nebenform von … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bascauda, p. 129]

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Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bascauda (scan pp. 129-130; entry #373).

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