κασᾶς
τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard
English (LSJ)
v. κασῆς.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
couverture de cheval velue des deux côtés.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt oriental à un mot pop. désigant la prostituée.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κασᾶς: οῦ ὁ попона, чепрак Xen.
Frisk Etymological English
-ᾶ, -ᾶν
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: horse-cloth; (Agatharch., X. Kyr.), κασῆς (PTeb.), also κάσσος (Hdn. 1, 208), acc. to H. ἱμάτιον παχὺ καὶ τραχύ, περιβόλαιον, and κάς ... δέρμα H., PLond. 2, 402 V 5.
Compounds: As 1. member in κασ(σ)ο-ποιός (pap., Ostr.);
Derivatives: κασωτός adjunct of ἐσθής (Diog. Oen.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] orient.
Etymology: Oriental loan, cf. Hebr. kissē' and kesūṭ prop. cover, (upper)cloth; Cuny MSL 19, 193f. and Nyberg in Björck Alpha impurum 295. Wrong IE. etymologies were rejcted by Bq. From Greek to Lat. casula. Kramer, AfP 45 (1999) 192-204 and AfP 46 (2000) 62-64.
Frisk Etymology German
κασᾶς: -ᾶ, -ᾶν (Agatharch., X. Kyr.),
{kasãs}
Forms: κασῆς (PTeb.); auch κάσσος (Hdn. 1, 208), nach H. ἱμάτιον παχὺ καὶ τραχύ, περιβόλαιον, und κάς· ... δέρμα H., PLond. 2, 402 V 5.
Grammar: m.
Meaning: ‘Pferdedecke, -schabrake’;
Composita: Als Vorderglied in κασ(σ)οποιός (Pap., Ostr.);
Derivative: Ableitung κασωτός Beiw. von ἐσθής (Diog. Oen.).
Etymology: Orientalisches Fremdwort, vgl. hebr. kissē’ und kesūṭ eig. Bedeckung, bzw. ‘(Ober)kleid'; Cuny MSL 19, 193f. und Nyberg bei Björck Alpha impurum 295 (wo auch weitere Einzelheiten). Verfehlte idg. Etymologien werden von Bq abgelehnt.
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