cassi
Dictionary entries
- 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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →cassus, cassa, cassum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow/empty/devoid of, lacking; useless/fruitless/vain; [in cassum => in vain];
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →Cassius, Cassi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Cassius; (Roman gens name); (L. ~ Longinus defeated by Helvetii; Caesar killer);
gen. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cassum, cassi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
empty/vain/futile things (pl.);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →cassus, cassus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fall, overthrow; chance/fortune; accident, emergency, calamity, plight; fate;
gen. sg.
Examples
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...testae, quale coronati Thrasea Heluidiusque bibebant Brutorum et Cassi natalibus. ipse capaces Heliadum crustas et inaequales berullo Virro..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...argentea. Dic mihi, virgo ferox, cum sit tibi cassis et hasta, Quare non habeas aegida. 'Caesar habet.' CLXXX..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...expectarem morantem, in aditu steti. Collocavit illa ignem cassis harundinibus collectum, ingestisque super pluribus lignis excusare coepit moram..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...mergeret exoratus, urbe submovit. Titi Labieni, Cordi Cremuti, Cassi Severi scripta senatus consultis abolita requiri et esse..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...mirum, si quis singulorum facta respiciat, vel Cassi Scaevae centurionis vel Gai Acili militis, ne de pluribus referam..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Messalae, sanctitatem Calvi, gravitatem Bruti, acumen sulpici, acerbitatem Cassi reperiemus: in iis etiam quos ipsi vidimus copiam Senecae..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...libenter descendisse videamur. Ideoque mihi illud Cassi Severi non mediocriter displicet: "di boni, vivo, et, quo me vivere..."Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...frangebat pocula miles, ut phaleris gauderet ecus caelataque cassis Romuleae simulacra ferae mansuescere iussae imperii fato, geminos..."
