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(adjective) : cassus, a, um
* Empty, void, hollow.
* Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
* Absol.: nux,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36: glans,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37: canna,unfruitful,Ov. F. 6, 406: granum inane cassumque,Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.—Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin.
* Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so, copia verborum,Lucr. 4, 511: vota,Verg. A. 12, 780: fertilitas terrae,Ov. M. 5, 482: fraus,Luc. 5, 130: consilia,Sen. Troad. 570: viae,vain, profitless,Stat. Th. 11, 449: labores,Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6: manus,without effect,Stat. Th. 9, 770: augur futuri,false, erring,id. ib. 9, 629: omen,id. ib. 5, 318.—Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things: palearum,Sol. 52; esp. of speech: cassa memorare,to talk idly,Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so, cassa habebantur quae, etc.,were thought vain, futile,Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose: ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430: furere,Verg. G. 3, 100: longos ciebat Incassum fletus,id. A. 3, 345: tot incassum fusos patiere labores?id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose: quae profecto incassum agebantur,Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch: vana incassum jactare tela,Liv. 10, 29, 2: incassum missae preces,id. 2, 49, 8: aliquid incassum disserere,Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: μάτην, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.
* With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so, virgo dote cassa,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14: lumine aër,Lucr. 4, 368: lumine corpus,id. 5, 719; 5, 757: animā corpus,id. 3, 562.—Poet.: cassus lumine (= vitā),deprived of life, dead,Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15; and in like sense aethere cassus,Verg. A. 11, 104: simulacra cassa sensu,Lucr. 4, 127.
* With gen.: cassus luminis ensis,Cic. Arat. 369.
* With ab: elementum ab omnibus,App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.
* Empty, void, hollow.
* Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
* Absol.: nux,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36: glans,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37: canna,unfruitful,Ov. F. 6, 406: granum inane cassumque,Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.—Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin.
* Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so, copia verborum,Lucr. 4, 511: vota,Verg. A. 12, 780: fertilitas terrae,Ov. M. 5, 482: fraus,Luc. 5, 130: consilia,Sen. Troad. 570: viae,vain, profitless,Stat. Th. 11, 449: labores,Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6: manus,without effect,Stat. Th. 9, 770: augur futuri,false, erring,id. ib. 9, 629: omen,id. ib. 5, 318.—Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things: palearum,Sol. 52; esp. of speech: cassa memorare,to talk idly,Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so, cassa habebantur quae, etc.,were thought vain, futile,Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose: ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430: furere,Verg. G. 3, 100: longos ciebat Incassum fletus,id. A. 3, 345: tot incassum fusos patiere labores?id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose: quae profecto incassum agebantur,Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch: vana incassum jactare tela,Liv. 10, 29, 2: incassum missae preces,id. 2, 49, 8: aliquid incassum disserere,Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: μάτην, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.
* With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so, virgo dote cassa,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14: lumine aër,Lucr. 4, 368: lumine corpus,id. 5, 719; 5, 757: animā corpus,id. 3, 562.—Poet.: cassus lumine (= vitā),deprived of life, dead,Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15; and in like sense aethere cassus,Verg. A. 11, 104: simulacra cassa sensu,Lucr. 4, 127.
* With gen.: cassus luminis ensis,Cic. Arat. 369.
* With ab: elementum ab omnibus,App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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