casses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →casso, cassare, cassavi, cassatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
bring to naught, destroy; annul, make null and void;; totter, begin to fall; shake, waver (L+S);
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →cassis, cassis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
hunting net (often pl.); spider's web; snare, trap;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ille, ut altis hispidus siluis aper cum casse uinctus temptat egressus tamen artatque motu uincla et in cassum..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...invisa Minervae laxos in foribus suspendit aranea casses. Quo magis exhaustae fuerint, hoc acrius omnes incumbent generis lapsi..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...studiosius altera saltus legit nec posuit studiosius altera casses. sed quamvis formae numquam mihi fama petita est, quamvis..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...tamen, nec prima fronte rapaces Este: novus viso casse resistet amans. Sed neque vector equum, qui nuper sensit..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Paean!' et 'io' bis dicite 'Paean!' Decidit in casses praeda petita meos; Laetus amans donat viridi mea carmina..."