cassus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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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