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  • 1 inefficax

    ineffectual, unproductive, profitless / weak.

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  • 2 cassa

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, 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, 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,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, 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.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 3 cassum

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, 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, 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,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, 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.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 4 cassus

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, 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, 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,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, 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.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cassus

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