The corpus record — Latin

causĭa

causĭa · f

a Macedonian white hat with a broad brim

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What it meant

causĭa — Lewis & Short

causĭa, ae, f., = kausi/a,

I a Macedonian white hat with a broad brim, worn in Rome by the poorer people, as a protection against the sun, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42; id. Pers. 1, 3, 75; Val. Max. 5, 1, 4; Mart. 14, 29.—Hence,

II In milit. lang., a kind of roof for the protection of besiegers, = vinea, Veg. Mil. 4, 15.

Where it came from

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