causia
- a Macedonian white hat with a broad brim, worn in Rome by the poorer people, as a protection against the sun, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42 (1178); id. Pers. 1, 3, 75 (155); Val. Max. 5, 1, 4; Mart. 14, 29.—Hence,
- II In milit. lang., a kind of roof for the protection of besiegers, = vinea, Veg. Mil. 4, 15.
καυσία), (I) der mazedonische Sonnenhut, mit hohem Deckel u. steifer, breiter Krempe, Plaut. mil. 1178 u. Pers. 155. Val. Max. 5. 1. ext. 4. Mart. 14, 29 lemm. (überall mit der gut beglaubigten Variante causea). – II) übtr., als milit. t. t., eine Art Schutzdach der Belagerer, Veget. mil. 4, 15. p. 137, 2 L. zw.
omnes hi ~ias et petasos conficiunt et majore ex parte uxores Anglas duxerunt(
Vineas dixerunt veteres, quas nunc militari
vocabulo Causias vocant. Ubi variant Codd. MSS. Quidam enim Cautiaset
Cauciashabent. Ad oram Edit. Parisiens. quam a Budæo procuratam aiunt,
Cattoshabetur. Certe
Cattusidem fuit quod vinea.
Los
antigos dixeron halas, que agora en el uso de los barbaros llaman
Cautibus.Suis in itineribus non baculo fuit usus, non Causia. Hic Editor : Latina
et sæculi vetustioris vox pro pileo contra æstivos calores ; et passim in Italia Minoritæ
utuntur per agros ejusmodi capitis operimento, compacto ex paleis aut ferruginei coloris
lana : cui consonat istud Plauti in Milite : Causeam habeas
ferrugineam.CAU´SIAa broad-brimmed felt hat, which was part of the national costume of the Macedonians and neighbouring nations (e. g. the Illyrians, Plaut. Trin. 4.2, 10). The name is obviously derived from its keeping off the heat of the sun (καῦσις, καύσων); but, as the native poet Antipater of Thessalonica tells us, it was a protection against bad weather generally (ἐν νιφετῷ), and also served as a helmet (ap. Brunck, Anal. 2.111). It was familiar to the Greeks of the Macedonian period (Menand. fr. 313, Meineke; Plb. 4.4, 5); and to the Romans as early as the time of Plautus (Mil. Glor. iv. 4, 42, where it is part of a sailor's dress; Pers. 2.3, 75; the mushroom-shaped hat of Trin. 4.2, 9, must have been an exaggerated causia). A purple (ἁλουργὴς) causia was worn regularly by the Macedonian kings as part of the royal .costume (Val. Max.); the diadem or white scarf was wrapped round it and the ends hung down behind. (See the second illustration.) Hence we read of the καυσία and διάδημα as worn together by Alexander the Great (Arr. Anab. 7.22), and his imitator Caracalla (Herodian, 4.8.5); and of the καυσία διαδηματοφόρος of the last of the Ptolemies (Plut. Ant. 54). These purple hats, of course without the diadem, were sometimes distributed as the highest military decoration (Plut. Eum. 8fin.). The illustrations are taken from a fictile vase, and an early Macedonian coin of Alexander I. (about B.C. 500-460).
[J.Y] [W.W](καυσία). A felt hat with a broad brim, forming a part of the national costume of the Macedonians and neighbouring peoples. The name is derived from its keeping off the heat (καῦσις). A purple causia was worn by the Macedonian kings as part of the royal costume. See diadema.