cassus, cassa, cassum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow/empty/devoid of, lacking; useless/fruitless/vain; [in cassum => in vain];
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cassus | cassi |
| Gen. | cassi | cassorum |
| Dat. | casso | — |
| Acc. | cassum | cassos |
| Voc. | casse | cassi |
| Abl. | casso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cassa | cassae |
| Gen. | cassae | cassarum |
| Dat. | cassae | — |
| Acc. | cassam | cassas |
| Voc. | cassa | cassae |
| Abl. | cassa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cassum | cassa |
| Gen. | cassi | cassorum |
| Dat. | casso | — |
| Acc. | cassum | cassa |
| Voc. | cassum | cassa |
| Abl. | casso | — |
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...latum deiectis rupibus aequor. cedit in inmensum cassus labor; omnia pontus haurit saxa uorax montesque inmiscet harenis..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sequentem; nam nihil esse potest aliud nisi lumine cassus aër id quod nos umbram perhibere suëmus. ni mirum..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...longarum vel subiecta longis esset, geminabatur, ut "caussae" "cassus" "divissiones"? Quo modo et ipsum et Vergilium quoque scripsisse..." 
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...animam lucemque rependit credulus; at tandem dulces iam cassus in auras respicit ac nulla caelum reparabile gaza. labitur..."