casula

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin casula.

Noun

casula (plural casulae)

  1. A chasuble.

Anagrams

Galician

Casulas of a flail

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casula (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin casubla, from Latin casula (little cottage, hooded cloak), a diminutive of casa (house).

Pronunciation

Noun

casula f (plural casulas)

  1. chasuble
  2. corn husk
    Synonym: folello
  3. (botany) pod (a seed case for legumes)
    Synonym: vaíña
  4. leather or iron pods at the extremes of the flail, used to connect both elements together
    Synonym: capeliza

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin casula.

Noun

casula f (plural casule)

  1. chasuble

Latin

Etymology

casa (hut, cottage) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

casula f (genitive casulae); first declension

  1. hut, small cottage
  2. rural property, small farm
  3. vestment
  4. (Late Latin) cloak

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative casula casulae
Genitive casulae casulārum
Dative casulae casulīs
Accusative casulam casulās
Ablative casulā casulīs
Vocative casula casulae

Descendants

Further reading

  • casula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • casula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • casula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • casula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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casula

Etymology

From Late Latin casubla, from Latin casula (little cottage, hooded cloak), a diminutive of casa (house).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧su‧la

Noun

casula f (plural casulas)

  1. chasuble

Derived terms