incassum:
Adverb · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
in vain; uselessly; without aim/purpose/effect; to no purpose;
Inflections
positive
incassum
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ueniet qui debitus istis, nata, modus neque te incassum fleuisse quereris. tu solare uirum, neu sint dispendia iustae..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pariter coeant animorum in pignora dextrae. non haec incassum diuisque absentibus acta; forsan et has uenturus amor praemiserit..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...oculos his se cum vocibus offert: 'Turne, tot incassum fusos patiere labores, et tua Dardaniis transcribi sceptra colonis..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...avunculus excitat Hector?' talia fundebat lacrimans longosque ciebat incassum fletus, cum sese a moenibus heros Priamides multis Helenus..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...quondam in stipulis magnus sine uiribus ignis, incassum furit. ergo animos aeuumque notabis praecipue: hinc alias artis prolemque..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...obiectare fretis, nunc currere in undas et studio incassum uideas gestire lauandi. tum cornix plena pluuiam uocat improba..."