Cassius

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Cassius, a Roman name derived from the gens Cassia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæsi.əs/, /ˈkæ.ʃəs/ Rhymes: -æsiəs === Proper noun === Cassius A male given name from Latin. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Nominative singular deriving from the gens Cassia, a Roman family of antiquity. From cassus (“empty, hollow, lacking; useless, pointless”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.si.us] === Proper noun === Cassius m sg (genitive Cassiī or Cassī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" held by many Roman politicians, historians and other notable individuals. See Cassia gens. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Κάσσιος (Kássios) English: Cassius === References === “Cassius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Cassius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.