cassias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cassia, cassiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
cinnamon (Cinnamomum tree/bark/spice); aromatic shrub (mezereon or marjoram?);
acc. pl. - Entry →Cassius, Cassia, Cassium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Cassius, Roman gens; (L. C~ Longinus defeated by Helvetii; C. C~ L~ assassin);
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...consecravisse; signum inde factum esse et inscriptum, "ex Cassia familia datum." Invenio apud quosdam, idque propius fidem..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...hostis ingrueret: ita dignum maioribus suis et familia Cassia per illas quoque gentis celebrata. igitur excitis quorum..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...gentium appellaverant, exhaustis etiam quas dictator Caesar lege Cassia et princeps Augustus lege Saenia sublegere; laetaque haec..."
