Logeion | cassus

cassus , a, um: (adj.), void; deprived of, 2.85; fruitless, vain, 12.780.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

I Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
- A Absol.: nux, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137 (366); Hor. S. 2, 5, 36: glans, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37 (1324): 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 (191): 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, Ap. 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 (668); 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 (356); 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. 352; cf.: μάτην, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

1. cassus, a, um (wohl Partiz. v. careo aus *casseo), von etw. leer-, entblößt sein), leer, I) eig.: A) leer, taub, anulus, Ring ohne Stein ( ἄλιθος, ἄψηφος), Fab. Pict. fr.: sphaera, hohle, Chalcid.: nux, Plaut. u. Hor.: granum, Plin.: canna, unfruchtbar, Ov. – subst., cassum, ī, n., das Leere (Ggstz. solidum), Tert. de res. carn. 4: Plur., palearum cassa, Solin. 52, 62. – B) poet. mit Abl. od. Genet., -los, ermangelnd, entbehrend, beraubt, cochlea sanguine cassa, blutlos, Poët. b. Cic.: virgo c. dote et illocabilis, Plaut.: corpus c. lumine, Lucr. – lumine cassus od. aethere cassus, des Lebens beraubt, tot, Verg. – selten mit Genet., non c. luminis ensis, Cic. Arat. 369: luna c. fulgoris, Apul. de deo Socr. 1. – II) übtr., eitel, leer, nichtig, vergeblich, erfolglos, unnütz, omne, quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicimus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicunt, Cic.: apud sapientes cassa habebantur, quae etc., Tac.: terricula, Afran. fr.: rumor, Arnob.: vota, Verg. u. Min. Fel.: preces, Lact.: spes (Plur.), Arnob.: fertilitas, Ov.: labores, Plin. ep. – Subst., α) Sing., cassum, ī, n., das Nichtige, quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 355 (352). – in Prosa nur in cassum (auch als ein Wort incassum geschr.), ins Leere, ins Blaue hinein = zwecklos, erfolglos, agi, Sall. fr.: recīdere, Col.: preces mittere, Liv.: vivere, Fronto: longos ciebat in cassum (mit vergeblichem Gram) fletus, Verg.: verb. in cassum frustraque, Lucr. 5, 1428, frustra in cassumque, Mart. Cap. 1. § 10: u. bl. cassum, Tert. de pall. 4. – β) Plur., cassa, ōrum, n., Leeres, Nichtiges, Sil. 4, 128. Arnob. adv. nat. 2, 12.

2. cāssus, s. cāsus ➳ .

1 cassus v. 1 cassa

2 cassus [CL] 1 hollow. b empty, void. c (w. gen.) devoid, (fig.) disappointed. 14‥ vola ~a, pame of the honde WW. b †castum, vacuum GlC C 50 (cf. ib. 160: †~e, inane, vacuum; ib. 248: ~o, idle); 9‥ ~us, inanis, ‥ vacuus vel fær WW. c Robertus ‥, petitionis hujusce ~us, Philippum Francorum regem contra patriam excitavit W. Malm. GR III 274. 2 (of procedure or record) void. 1223 instrumenta super dictis ecclesiis ‥ confecta, si ipsi contra hanc provisionem uti voluerint, ~a sint et vana Reg. Glasg. 106; 1263 (v. cassare 1c); 1308 concessiones easdem ‥ ~as, nullas et irritas nunciavimus (Lit. Papae) Reg. Carl. I 265; 1339 ~um sit hoc scriptum, irritum et inane Lit. Cant. II 205; s1399 papa judicium Ricardi contra T. Arundell’ ~um fuisse declaravit per bullam Eul. Hist. Cont. III 385. 3 a groundless. b fruitless. c (acc. n. w. in) fruitlessly, to no purpose. a ~e timiditatis arguitur ab eis Map NC IV 15 p. 190. b dum operculi amovendi ~o †laborare [? l. labore] nituntur Gosc. Transl. Aug. 37A; ~us labor consumitur W. Malm. GR II 162; s1321 cui nunquam porrexerat preces ~as G. S. Alb. II 131. c nec vota ipsius in ~um cecidere Bede HE II 15; incassum aque exitum aperies, nisi aeri introitum prestes Adel. QN 58; in ~um laboravimus tota die Ailr. An. II 46. 118; clausum quod reperit hostium pulsat incassum domus Map NC V 5 p. 231.

cassus, (12) a, um, ¶ 1 vide : cassa nux Pl. Ps. 371 ; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36, noix vide || [avec abl.] dépourvu de, privé de : virgo dote cassa Pl. Aul. 191, jeune fille sans dot ; cassum lumine corpus Lucr. 5, 719, corps privé de lumière || [avec gén.] Cic. Arat. 34, 369 ; Apul. Socr. 1 ¶ 2 [fig.] vain, chimérique, inutile : omne quod honestum nos, id illi cassum quiddam esse dicunt Cic. Tusc. 5, 119, tout ce que nous, nous appelons le bien, ils disent eux, que cʼest une entité creuse ; cassa vota Virg. En. 12, 780, vœux inutiles || in cassum [loc. adv.] : in cassum frustraque Lucr. 5, 1430, vainement et sans résultat ( Virg. , Liv. , Tac. ) ; in cassum cadere Pl. Pœn. 360, nʼaboutir à rien, cf. Lucr. 2, 1165.

cassus, a, um (verw. m. careo)

1. leeg, hol [nux; canna; granum];
2. (poët.) beroofd, missend, in het Nederlands te vertalen met: zonder (m. gen.; abl.) [luminis of lumine];
3. nietig, ijdel, nutteloos, vergeefs; — in cassum of incassum als adv. vergeefs, zonder resultaat [preces mittere].

cassus , a, um. adj.
空虛。缺。無用者。— labor 徙勞。Cassa vota 辜負之望。Cassa nux 爛核桃。爛栗子。 Cassa nuce non emerim 一个爛錢也不買。Anima cassum corpus 死人。Cassa dote virgo 無妝奩之女。Cassus lumine vel luminis 已亡人。

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, Pars vestis major, qua corpus tegitur, exceptis brachiis : vox ab Italo Casso, Thorax, ni fallor, derivata. Annal. Benedict. tom. 4. pag. 616. ex Chirographo anni 1061 : Pellicias duas, festivam scil. cujus Cassus esset de squirionibus et manicæ de grisiis : Septimanalem quoque, cujus Cassus esset de cattis, et manicæ de vulpibus cum pellibus vulpelinis. Vide Capsum 1. et Cassarum.

. Charta Nicol. I. Camerac. episc. ann. 1139. ex Chartul. S. Crucis ch. 1 : Assignamus... duas etiam partes decimæ, quæ vulgo Cassus vocantur, in villari de Calceia. Ch. dom. de Flescicurte : Notum sit... me concessisse... ecclesiam ex integro, videlicet Cassum et altare... dimidium Cassum.... Cassum integrum, id est, duas garbas de S. Audoeno. Neque aliter intelligenda hæc eadem vox laudata voce Cassum in Capsum 3.

, Casa. Vetus Charta apud Vadianum : Quicquid visus sum habere... in villa quæ dicitur... hoc sunt Cassi, casalis, mancipiis, peculiis, etc. Vide Capsum.

cassus adj.

1 CAR-, empty, void, hollow. nux, a nut-shell, H.: canna, hollow, O.: sanguine, bloodless: lumine, i. e. dead, V.: luminis ensis.— Fig., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless: quiddam: vota, V.: fertilitas terrae, O.: in cassum preces mittere, vainly, L.

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