caracalla

cărăcalla, ae, and cărăcallis, is, f. [Celtic],

• a long tunic or great-coat, with a hood, worn by the Gauls, and made of different materials, Spart. Sev. 21; Edict. Diocl. p. 21; Hier. Ep. 64, n. 15 (in Mart. 1, 93, 8: Gallica palla).—From this garment, introduced by him, was named,
• II Masc., the emperor Antoninus Caracalla, Spart. l. l.; id. Car. 9; Aur. Vict. Caes. 21; id. Epit. 21; Aus. Caes. 9, 22.

caracalla, ae, f. u. caracallis, is, f. (ein gall. Wort), a) eine kürzere od. längere Kappe, Kapuze, die Kopf u. Schultern bedeckte, Edict. Diocl. 7, 44 u. 45. – b) ein mit einer Kapuze versehener, bis auf die Knöchel herabgehender Mantel, die sottana der heutigen kathol. Priester, Hier. ep. 64, 15; vom Kaiser M. Aurelius Antoninus (Bassianus) bei den Römern eingeführt, daher caracalla Antoniniana gen., Spart. Car. 9, 8. Lampr. Diad. 2, 8, woher er den Beinamen Caracalla od. Caracallus erhielt, Spart. Car. 9, 7. Aur. Vict. Caes. 21, 1; epit. 21. Auson. Caes. (XXI) 92. p. 118 Schenkl.

caracalla [LL] , sort of cloak. b cloak of ‘St. Amphibalus’; cf. amphibalus. ~a [? conf. w. chlamys], vestis sine manicis auro texta Gl. Leid. 39. 31 (cf. (v. b infra)); 9‥ ~a, cappa WW; Conc. I 117b (v. cassiatus); villoso indutus habitu, sicut ~a, que hirsuto interius et exterius riget aspectu R. Cold. Godr. 153; nunc peplo intemperiem aëris excipiat, nunc corolla, nunc †corocalla [gl.: kalle] Neckam Ut. 101; coyff, tena, †corocallum, capicella PP; ~a, A. a sclavyn or a cope, ‥ hec †carelta, A.lasse, hec †caxacalla, A. idem; hec ~a, A. kelle WW; a cape, capa, ‥ ~um, ‥ a slavyn, amphibalus, birrus, †caracalca, †caracalcum CathA.  b se S. Albanus pro hospite et magistro suo ipsius habitu, id est ~a qua vestiebatur, indutus militibus exhibuit Bede HE I 7; [Albanus] hortatur Amphibalum ut urbe secedat, dans ei chlamydem auro textam, quo tutior ab hostibus redderetur. ‥ ipse vero magistri sui ~am sibi retinuit W. S. Alb. V. Alb. & Amphib. II 10 (cf. M. Par. Maj. I 150); quemdam panniculum villosum, qui G. villuse dicitur, ‥ abbas Alfricus cum ‥ ossibus involutis in ipso fecit transportari, asserens ‥ ipsum B. Amphibali, B. Albani magistri, fuisse ~am G. S. Alb. I 35; s1314 vident locellum ‥ quodam panno villoso ‥ occupatum. ‥ constat hanc vestem fuisse ~am quam S. Albanus ‥ acceperat a S. Amphibalo Wals. HA I 139.

1 cărăcalla, æ (-llis, is ), f. , caracallis minor Diocl. 7, 45, sorte de tunique à manches ; caracalla major Diocl. 7, 44, vêtement descendant jusquʼaux talons avec capuchon et manches, cf. Spart. Carac. 9, 8.

CARACALLA

CARACALLAwas an outer garment used in Gaul, and not unlike the Roman lacerna. [LACERNA] It was first introduced at Rome by the Emperor Aurelius Antoninus Bassianus, who compelled the plebeians who came to court to wear it, and thence obtained the surname of Caracalla. (Aurel. Vict. Epit. 21.) The caracalla, as worn in Gaul, was a close-fitting garment with long sleeves, and slit before and behind like a modern overcoat (Strab. 4.4.3). In its original shape it reached only to the knee, but the emperor lengthened it so as to reach the ankle. It afterwards became common among the Romans, and garments of this kind were called caracallae Antoninianae, to distinguish them from the Gallic caracallae. (Aurel. Vict. de Caes. 21; Spartian. Sev. 21, Anton. Car. 9, with Salmasius' note.) In its longer form it came to be worn by the clergy, and is retained almost unaltered under the name of cassock (sottana, soutane). Like the lacerna, it was furnished with a cucullus or cowl for the protection of the head: hence Jerome, speaking of the Jewish ephod, calls it palliolum mirae pulchritudinis in modum caracallarum sed absque cucullis. (Ep. 64, ad Fabiolam.)

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Caracalla

A Gaulish outer garment resembling the Roman lacerna (q. v.), and first introduced at Rome by the emperor Aurelius Antoninus Bassianus, who compelled all plebeians who came to court to wear it, and hence received the name Caracalla, by which he is best known in history (Aurel. Vict. Epit. 21). In its longer form it came in later times to be worn by the clergy under the name of cassock (sottana, soutane). Like the lacerna, it was furnished with a cowl or hood (cucullus).