γαύσαπος

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.

Middle Liddell

[A foreign word.]
rough cloth, like freeze, Strab.