Καμηλαύκιον

cap, hood, kamelavkion

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jun 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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The word [is] Latin. But it could also be derived in Greek from the [phrase] "to drive off the heat of the sun" (kauma elaunein).

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καμηλαύκιον· Ῥωμαίων ἡ λέξις. ῥηθείη δ' ἂν καὶ Ἑλληνιστὶ παρὰ τὸ καῦμα ἐλαύνειν.

Betacode

*kamhlau/kion: *(rwmai/wn h( le/cis. r(hqei/h d' a)\n kai\ *(ellhnisti\ para\ to\ kau=ma e)lau/nein.

cf. Etymologicum Magnum 487.49, where the second vowel is epsilon and the garment is equated with the kausia (kappa 1139).
The word is used for a cap worn by court officials, and for the hood which forms a part of the monastic habit. See Lampe s.v. It is derived from Latin camella, via Medieval Latin camel(l)aucium. On the camelaucum as precedessor to the papal mitre in the 9th-10th century, see the Catholic Encyclopedia s.v. Mitre (web address 1). See also kappa 1588, pi 1600, and sigma 594. In modern Greek the word becomes kalimavki.

Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Mar 2022

2 Mar 2022another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
8 Jul 2014coding — Catharine Roth
19 Oct 2013added a cross-reference — Catharine Roth
25 Jan 2013more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2008added Nick Nicholas' contributions to the note, with link and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
6 Jun 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2002Translated — Catharine Roth