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căsa

cottage, hut

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What it meant

1. casa — de Vaan

casa 'cottage, hut' [f. a] (Ter.-f) According to WH, casa reflects a dialectal development from *kat-ja (to *Aa/- 'to plait*). This is of course conceivable, but a connection with European words for 'hut, dwelling place' (*fce/-> *kot-) is also envisageable: Av. koto- 'chamber', CS kottcb 'cell, nest', OCz. hot 'booth, stall (market)', SCn kot (dial.) 'sty for domestic animals', OE heador [n.] 'incarceration, jail'. … — [de Vaan, s.v. casa, p. 110]

2. căsa — Lewis & Short

căsa, ae, f.Sanscr. khad, to cover; cf.: cassis, castrum,

I any simple or poorly-built house, a cottage, hut, cabin, shed, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Lucr. 5, 1011; 6, 1254; Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; Vitr. 2, 1; Verg. E. 2, 29; Tib. 2, 1, 24 et saep.; Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2; a small country-house, Mart. 6, 43; Caes. B. G. 5, 43 Herz.; Veg. Mil. 2, 10.—Of babyhouses, Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.—

b Casae, in late Lat. meton., a country estate, a farm, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—

B Prov.: ita fugias, ne praeter casam, i. e. do not run so far as to pass the safest hiding-place, in allusion to a game of hide-and-seek, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3. —

II Esp.: casa Romuli, the thatched cottage of Romulus on the Capitoline Hill, Vitr. 2. 1; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Ov. F. 3, 183 sqq.

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