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Caracalla

Caracalla · f

a long tunic

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Where it lives

Ausonii de XII Caesaribus per Suetonium Tranquillum scriptis 1 · 11.76/10k

What it meant

cărăcalla — Lewis & Short

cărăcalla, ae, and cărăcallis, is, f.Celtic,

I a long tunic or great-coat, with a hood, worn by the Gauls, and made of different materials, Spart. Sev. 21; Edict. Diocl. p. 21; Hier. Ep. 64, n. 15 (in Mart. 1, 93, 8: Gallica palla).—From this garment, introduced by him, was named,

II Masc., the emperor Antoninus Caracalla, Spart. l. l.; id. Car. 9; Aur. Vict. Caes. 21; id. Epit. 21; Aus. Caes. 9, 22.

In the wild

Caracalla Ausonius, Ausonii de XII Caesaribus per Suetonium Tranquillum scriptis 5.22.92

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caracalla (scan p. 123; entry #1773).

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