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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."