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cāsābundus (in the best MSS. cassāb-, on account of the first long a, like cassus, caussa, Juppiter, etc.), a, um, adj. [caso], ready to fall, tottering, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 53 Müll.; Macr. S. 5, 21, 16; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.

cassābundus, a, um, v. casabundus.

Cassander, dri, m., = Κάσσανδρος.

  1. I. A son of Antipater, and king of Macedonia after the death of Alexander the Great, Just. 15, 1 sq.; Curt. 10, 10, 9; Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48; Nep. Eum. 13, 3.
    After him was named the town Cassandrea, Liv. 44, 11, 2.
  2. II. A Greek astrologer, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88.

Cassandra (acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 16; cf. Alexanter; in the most ancient period written in the Etruscan manner, Cassantra), ae, f., = Κασσάνδρα, a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, who continually proclaimed the approaching evil, but was believed by no one. After the destruction of Troy she became the bondmaid of Agamemnon, and was murdered with him by Clytœmnestra, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; Verg. A. 2 404; 2, 246 Serv.; 3, 187; 5, 636; Ov. H. 16, 119; Hyg. Fab. 93 and 117.

Cassandrēa or -īa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a town in Macedonia, upon the peninsula Pallene, previously called Potidœa, but rebuilt by Cassander, Liv. 28, 8, 14; 44, 11, 1 sq.; Mel. 2, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Cassandrenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cassandrea, Liv. 44, 10, 12; Dig. 50, 15, 8.
    2. B. Cassandreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Κασσανδρεύς, of Cassandrea, a surname of the tyrant Apollodorus, who reigned there, Ov. P. 2, 9, 43.

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

  1. I. Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    1. 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.
    2. B. Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
      1. 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. 2. With gen.: cassus luminis ensis, Cic. Arat. 369.
      3. 3. With ab: elementum ab omnibus, App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.
  2. 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.: μάτην, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.