cassum
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;
gen. pl. - 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];
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →cassum, cassi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
empty/vain/futile things (pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cassus, cassus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fall, overthrow; chance/fortune; accident, emergency, calamity, plight; fate;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...amens,perdant uelle mori.' sic deflagrare minaces 280in cassum et uetito passus languescere bello,substituit merso..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...caeca telorum in nube ferentur: ne tanta in cassum uirtus eat, ingeret omnis se belli fortuna tibi. quis..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnimodis occursans officiensque, nec potis est cerni, quia cassum lumine fertur. versarique potest, globus ut, si forte, pilai..." - T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sola potest animi per se natura nec autem cassum anima corpus durare et sensibus uti. scilicet avolsus radicibus..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...forte offensando semina rerum multimodis temere in cassum frustraque coacta tandem coluerunt ea quae coniecta repente magnarum rerum..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quam frustra parauerint quibus non fruerentur, quam in cassum omnis ceciderit labor cogitant. At quibus uita procul..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Omnia haec melius pater fecisse potuit, cecidit in cassum dolor: scidit ore natos impio, sed nesciens, sed nescientes..." - T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...facis. bene promittis multa ex multis: omnia in cassum cadunt. liberare iuravisti me haud semel, sed centiens..."
