căsa (noun F) : Sanscr. khad, to cover; cf.: cassis, castrum
* Any simple or poorly-built house, a cottage, hut, cabin, shed, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Lucr. 5, 1011; 6, 1254; Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; Vitr. 2, 1; Verg. E. 2, 29; Tib. 2, 1, 24 et saep.; Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2; a small country-house, Mart. 6, 43; Caes. B. G. 5, 43 Herz.; Veg. Mil. 2, 10.—Of babyhouses, Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.
* Casae, in late Lat. meton., a country estate, a farm, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.
* Esp.: casa Romuli,the thatched cottage of Romulus on the Capitoline Hill,Vitr. 2. 1; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Ov. F. 3, 183 sqq.

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