cassus

== Latin == === Etymology === Verbal adjective of the same root as careō (“to lack”), castus (“pure”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.sus] === Adjective === cassus (feminine cassa, neuter cassum); first/second-declension adjective hollow, empty, devoid of something lacking useless, fruitless, vain, futile Synonyms: vānus, inānis, irritus, fūtilis ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== cassō in cassum nux cassa (a nutshell) ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: casso → Portuguese: casso === References === === Further reading === “cassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cassus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cassus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.