γαύσαπος
Θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ' εὐσεβεῖν → Pietate maius nil offertur numini → Das größte Opfer für den Gott ist Frömmigkeit
English (LSJ)
ὁ, = Lat.
A gausapa, Str.5.1.12: γαυσάπης, Varr. ap. Prisc.Inst.7.56.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γαύσαπος: ἢ -άπης, ου, ὁ, τὸ Λατ. gaus ăpa, Στράβ. 218.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
étoffe de laine grossière.
Étymologie: = lat. gausapa.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): γαυσάπης Varro en Priscian.Inst.7.56
lat. gausapa, paño de lana corriente, Str.5.1.12, Varro l.c.
• Etimología: Quizá prést. de una lengua balcánica.
Greek Monotonic
γαύσᾰπος: ή -άπης, ὁ, χοντρό, ακατέργαστο ύφασμα, όπως αυτά για το κρύο, σε Στράβ. (ξενική λέξη).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: shaggy woollen cloth, frieze (Str.)
Other forms: γαυσάπης (Varro)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Balcan?
Etymology: Acc. to Jokl in W.-Hofmann s. gausapa to Alb. gεzóf fur from skins, mantle. But hardly from an IE language. Fur. 119 compares καυσία Macedonian felt hat (he often cites, 229 etc. forms of the type *γαυδαπος but these do not exist). From Greek Lat. gausape(s), -a, -um (Lucil.). - Against a aloan from Assyrian (guzippu, kuzippu cloth, H. Lewy KZ 58, 26ff.) s. Hofmann l.c.
