Casia, casiæ. Plin. A sweete shrub or hearthe, bearing a spice like cinamone. Our common cinamone is the true Casia lignia, and that they sell for Casia is not it. Casia sistularis, the common purgation called Casia fistula. Humiles casias ministrare apibus.Virg.Recentes casiæ.Virg. Virides casiæ. Virg.
Cassius, The proper name of diuers men. It is also the name of a mountaine, and of a citie in Egipt neere to Peleusiú, Looke the Prouerbe Cassioticus nodus.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
căsĭa (rarely cassia, e. g. Pall. Oct. 14, 13; Veg. 6, 13, 3 and 4), ae, f., = kasi/a or kassi/a. I.A tree with an aromatic bark, similar to cinnamon, prob. the wild cinnamon: Laurus cassia, Linn.; Plin. 12, 19, 42, 85, and 12, 19, 43, 95 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 466; Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 6; Cels. 5, 23, 1 and 2; Scrib. Comp. 93; 125 al.—II.A fragrant, shrub-like plant, mexereon, also called cneoron or thymelaea, q. v., Plin. 21, 9, 29, 53; 21, 12, 41, 70; Verg. E. 2, 49; id. G. 2, 213; 4, 30; 4, 182; Ov. F. 4, 440; Mart. 10, 97, 2.
Cassĭus, a [old form Casseius; hence, Cassīus, and from this Cassĭus is formed; cf. Ritschl de Sepulcro Fur.], the name of a Roman gens; esp. distinguished, I. L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, a very severe judge; from him the Lex tabellaria Cassia proceeded, A. U. C. 617, by which the judges were obliged to vote with little tablets, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Sest. 48, 103; id. Brut. 25, 97; 27, 106; and Ascon. Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 10, 30.—B. Hence, Cassĭānus, a, um, adj., of Cassius, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; id. Phil. 2, 14, 35.—II.The consul L. Cassius, who, A.U.C. 647, was conquered and slain by the Helvetii, Caes. B. G. 1, 7 and 12.—Hence, bellum Cassianum, Caes. B. G. 1, 13.—III. C. Cassius Longinus, one of the murderers of Cœsar, Vell. 2, 46; 2, 56 sq.; Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Tac. A. 1, 2; 1, 10; 4, 34; id. H. 2, 6 al. To him were addressed Cic. Fam. 12, 1-10; from him to Cic., ib. 12, 11-13.—Hence, Cassianae partes, his adherents, Vell. 2, 74.—IV. C. Cassius Longinus, a distinguished jurist under Claudius; his adherents were Cassiani and Cassiana schola, Dig. 1, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8; Tac. A. 12, 12.—V. After a Cassius not now known was named the Cassia Via, a branch of the Via Flaminia, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.