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cassus

Dictionary entries

  • 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];

    Entry →
    nom. sg. (m.)
  • cassus, cassus:

    Masculine · Noun · 4th declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = fall, overthrow; chance/fortune; accident, emergency, calamity, plight; fate;

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    gen. sg.
    nom. pl.
    nom. sg.
    voc. pl.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • M

    Liber II

    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

    "...latum deiectis rupibus aequor. cedit in inmensum cassus labor; omnia pontus haurit saxa uorax montesque inmiscet harenis..."
  • T

    Liber IV

    Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX

    "...sequentem; nam nihil esse potest aliud nisi lumine cassus aër id quod nos umbram perhibere suëmus. ni mirum..."
  • M

    Liber I

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...longarum vel subiecta longis esset, geminabatur, ut "caussae" "cassus" "divissiones"? Quo modo et ipsum et Vergilium quoque scripsisse..."
  • Gaius Valerius Flaccus

    Liber Sextus

    Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA

    "...animam lucemque rependit credulus; at tandem dulces iam cassus in auras respicit ac nulla caelum reparabile gaza. labitur..."

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