casso
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin cassus (“hollow”, “empty”).
Adjective edit
casso (feminine cassa, masculine plural cassi, feminine plural casse) (literary, obsolete)
- useless; fruitless
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso [Raging Roland][1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XXI, page 96:
- Non fu gia l'altro colpo uano, e caſſo; ¶ roppe lo ſcudo: e ſi la ſpalla preſe ¶ che la forò da l'uno a l'altro lato […]
- The other blow was not vain and fruitless: ¶ it broke the shield, and hit the shoulder so ¶ that it pierced through it […]
- deprived; devoid
- expelled or fired
- dejected; disheartened
Etymology 2 edit
Perfect passive participle form of cassare (“to erase, take out”), from Vulgar Latin *cassāre (“to nullify, void”), derived from Latin cassus.
Participle edit
casso (feminine cassa, masculine plural cassi, feminine plural casse)
- (obsolete) past participle of cassare
Synonyms edit
- (erased): cancellato, distrutto, perduto
- (fired): licenziato
Etymology 3 edit
From Latin capsus (“the body of a carriage”) (cfr. capsa (“box”)).
Noun edit
casso m (plural cassi)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
casso
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.soː/, [ˈkäs̠ːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.so/, [ˈkäsːo]
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
cassō (present infinitive cassāre, perfect active cassāvī, supine cassātum); first conjugation
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Plautinian form for quassō.
Verb edit
cassō (present infinitive cassāre, perfect active cassāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- Alternative form of quassō
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
cassō
References edit
- “casso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- casso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- casso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cassō” on page 308/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
casso