culcita

culcĭta (in MSS. also culcĭtra), ae, f. [etym. dub.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 8, from calco],

• a sack filled with feathers, wool, hair, etc., for lying upon, warming, etc.; a bed, cushion, mattress, pillow, Cato R. R. 10 fin.; 11 fin.; Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 5 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46; Sen. Ep. 87, 2; 108, 23; Suet. Tib. 54 al. —Of a little cushion or patch for the eye, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42 (1178).—Of a resting-place in a conservatory of birds, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14.— In the lang. of comedy: gladium faciam culcitam Eumque incumbam, I will make the sword my couch, i.e. I will make away with myself, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 28 (306).

culcita, ae, f. (altind. kurcá-ḥ), (in Hdschrn. auch culcitra geschr., s. Orelli Cic. Tusc. 3, 46. Oudend. Suet. Tib. 54. – nach Varro LL. 5, 167 u. Paul. ex Fest. 50, 8 von calco = inculco), der mit Federn, Wolle, Haaren usw. fest ausgestopfte Sack als Lager, das Kissen, die Matratze, das Polster, cubicularis, Macr.: plumea, Varro fr. u. Cic.: modica, Suet.: culcita, quae resistit corpori, Sen.: institae (Gurte), quibus sponda (Bettstelle) culcitam ferebat, Petron: alqm collocare in culcita plumea, Cic.: culcita in terra iacet, ego in culcita, Sen.: vom Lager in Vogelbehältern, Varro. – scherzh., gladium faciam culcitam eumque incumbam, werde das Schwert zum Kopfkissen nehmen, d.h. mich entleiben, Plaut. Cas. 307.

culcita [CL], culcitra, ~rum , mattress, cushion, or quilt; b (as church ornament); c (w. plumalis or sim.) feather-bed. d (w. punctata or sim.) counterpane. Cf. coutra, cuilta. †~es, bed GlC C 938; 10‥ ~a, bedde WW; 1155 pro ij ~ris ad opus regis, xvj li. Pipe 3; c1177 si mulier pergens ad maritum suum secum ~ram portaverit (Cust. Brissac) Act. Hen. II II 56; illi [sc. matrici] est illud intestinum quasi ~ra super quam quiescit Ps.-Ric. Anat. 40; 1221 in j ~ra de serico que constitit xxx s. j d. ‥ ad opus Alienore cognate nostre et Ysabelle filie regis Scott’ Cl 483b; a1223 lego ‥ hospitali S. Wolstani Wigorn’ unum †culcetorem de serico et duo lintheamina Reg. Ant. Linc. I app. 294; 1257 fieri faciat ad lectum regis quamdam bonam ~ram ebdomadariam cum ruellis sine auro Cl 77; 1282 lego ‥ j parvam ~ram ad capud Cart. Osney I 411; a1284 deferre lectum ‥ monachi ‥, viz. j ~ram, ij langellos et j coopertorium Cart. Glouc. II 207; ad officium hospitarii pertinet ut ‥ habeat ‥ ~ras, chalones et lintheamina non tantum munda sed eciam integra Obs. Barnwell 192; c1337 j arcam cum quiltric’, chalonibus, et cum aliis diversis mercandisis IMisc 138/26; ~a Cust. Cant. 362 (v. cooperlectum); 1382 j magnam cultricem pro lecto (Cl) Foed. VII 356a; bolstyr of a bedd, ~ra PP; 1457 lego ‥ unum ~rum, A. a quilt, contextum cum nodis et torquibus Fabr. York 208.  b H. abbas [ob. 1171] ‥ ornamenta ‥ ecclesie contulit ‥ preciosa, viz. pallas ix ‥, tapetum ‥, ~ram [v. l. ~uram], cappas Domerh. Glast. 316; 1245 in ij ~ris ‥, quarum majorem dedimus ecclesie B. Petri Westm’ et aliam fieri fecimus ad cooperiendum tumbam regine Emme in ecclesia S. Swithun’ Winton’ Liberate 21 m. 10.  c culcita dum plumis augustos sterneret artus Aldh. VirgV 596; † ~es, feperbed Ælf. Gl.; supra thorum ponatur cultra [gl.cute, quilte] sive ~ra plumalis cui cervical maritetur Neckam Ut. 100; 1276 j ~ra de plum’ IMisc 34/35; 1323 de j †culatra †plumbi, ob. EEC 210; 13‥ de ~ra plumali iiij d.; de quissi[n]o, ob. (Assisa de Tol.) APScot I app. III p. 303; 1438 pro j ~ura plumali cum cervicali pro ‥ rege ExchScot 26; 1441 in pellibus, filo, plumis et factura culcedrarum Ac. Durh. 410; 1496 ~re plumales ‥, vulgariter dicte federbeddes Pat 579 m. 10 (14); 1551 de duobus [sic] ~ris plumeis vocatis fetherbeddys, una ~ra lanea ‥ Pat 840 m. 15.  d 1178 j ~ra perpuncta ad opus regine et puelle sue Pipe 128; hanc [~ram plumalem] cooperiat ~ra punctata [gl.quilte pointe] vel vestis stragulata Neckam Ut. 100; a1223 lego ‥ M. domicelle mee ‥ unam †gulecc’m [? l. gulcetram] punctatam Reg. Ant. Linc. I app. 294; 1244 faciat habere Alicie ‥ j albam ~ram pu[n]ctatam de lineo panno Liberate 20 m. 14; 1496 lanee ~re punctate ‥ vulgariter dicte ‥ qwyltes Pat 579 m. 10 (14).

culcĭta, (12) æ, f. , matelas, coussin : Cic. Att. 13, 50, 5 ; Sen. Ep. 87, 2 ; 108, 23 ; culcita plumea Varro Men. 448, lit de plume, cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 46 ; culcitam gladium facere Pl. Cas. 307, se coucher sur son épée = se tuer.

culcita , ae. f.
褥子。Culcitam gladium facere 以刀自刎。以刀爲褥。

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culcita ae, f

• a bed, cushion, pillow.

CULCITA

CU´LCITA[LECTUS]

Culcĭta

See lectus.