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.
Cassus, Adiect. Virg.Vaine: void: of no effect: without.Anima cassum corpus. Lucret. Without life.Augur cassa futuri. Id est mendax. Stat.Cassa dote virgo.Plaut.Without dowry.Cassus lumine.Virg.Dead.Lumine cassus aer. Lucret. Without light.Cassa sanguine cochlea.Cic.Hauing no bloud.Sensu cassa simulachra. Lucret. Vnsenstble.Consilia cassa. Sen. Of no effect.Verborum cassa copia. Lucret. Vaine babling.Formido cassa. Lucret. Cassa fraus. Lucan. Ira cassa. Val. Flac.Cassus labor.Plin. iun.Manus nunquam cassa.Stat.That striketh not in vaine.Cassa nux.Plaut.A pipped nut.Omen cassum.Stat.Præsidia cassa, Sen.Vaine aide.Via cassa.Stat. Virtus cassa. Stat. Vota cassa. Virg.Cassum granum & inane. Plin. Hauing nothing but the pill.In cassum. Lucan. In vaine.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.
, Ov. F. 6, 406: granum inane cassumque, Plin. 18, 17, 45, 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.—Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin.—B. Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.1. With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so, virgo dote cassa, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14: lumine aër, Lucr. 4, 368: lumine corpus, id. 5, 719; 5, 757: animā corpus, id. 3, 562.—Poet.: cassus lumine (= vitā),
deprived of life
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dead
, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15; and in like sense aethere cassus, Verg. A. 11, 104: simulacra cassa sensu, Lucr. 4, 127.—2. With gen.: cassus luminis ensis, Cic. Arat. 369.—3. With ab: elementum ab omnibus, App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—II.Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so, copia verborum, Lucr. 4, 511: vota, Verg. A. 12, 780: fertilitas terrae, Ov. M. 5, 482: fraus, Luc. 5, 130: consilia, Sen. Troad. 570: viae,
, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose: ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430: furere, Verg. G. 3, 100: longos ciebat Incassum fletus, id. A. 3, 345: tot incassum fusos patiere labores?id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose: quae profecto incassum agebantur, Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch: vana incassum jactare tela, Liv. 10, 29, 2: incassum missae preces, id. 2, 49, 8: aliquid incassum disserere, Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: ma/thn, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.