casso

See also: Casso and cassò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: càs‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin cassus (“hollow”, “empty”).

Adjective

casso (feminine cassa, masculine plural cassi, feminine plural casse) (literary, obsolete)

2. useless; fruitless

   Synonyms: futile, inutile, vano

   Antonym: utile

   • 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 […]

3. deprived; devoid

   Synonyms: privo, sfornito

   Antonyms: dotato, fornito

4. expelled or fired
5. dejected; disheartened

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle form of cassare (“to erase, take out”), from Vulgar Latin *cassāre (“to nullify, void”), derived from Latin cassus.

Participle

casso (feminine cassa, masculine plural cassi, feminine plural casse)

2. (obsolete) past participle of cassare
   1. erased, gone, destroyed
   2. (figurative) fired

Synonyms

• (erased): cancellato, distrutto, perduto
• (fired): licenziato

Etymology 3

From Latin capsus (“the body of a carriage”) (cfr. capsa (“box”)).

Noun

casso m (plural cassi)

2. (obsolete) ribcage
3. (obsolete, by extension) thorax

   Synonym: torace

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

casso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cassare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.soː/, [ˈkäs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.so/, [ˈkäsːo]

Etymology 1

cassus +‎ -ō.

Verb

cassō (present infinitive cassāre, perfect active cassāvī, supine cassātum); first conjugation

1. to nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate

   Synonym: abrogō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cassō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cassō	cassās	cassat	cassāmus	cassātis	cassant
	imperfect	cassābam	cassābās	cassābat	cassābāmus	cassābātis	cassābant
	future	cassābō	cassābis	cassābit	cassābimus	cassābitis	cassābunt
	perfect	cassāvī	cassāvistī	cassāvit	cassāvimus	cassāvistis	cassāvērunt, cassāvēre
	pluperfect	cassāveram	cassāverās	cassāverat	cassāverāmus	cassāverātis	cassāverant
	future perfect	cassāverō	cassāveris	cassāverit	cassāverimus	cassāveritis	cassāverint
passive	present	cassor	cassāris, cassāre	cassātur	cassāmur	cassāminī	cassantur
	imperfect	cassābar	cassābāris, cassābāre	cassābātur	cassābāmur	cassābāminī	cassābantur
	future	cassābor	cassāberis, cassābere	cassābitur	cassābimur	cassābiminī	cassābuntur
	perfect	cassātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cassātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cassātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cassem	cassēs	casset	cassēmus	cassētis	cassent
	imperfect	cassārem	cassārēs	cassāret	cassārēmus	cassārētis	cassārent
	perfect	cassāverim	cassāverīs	cassāverit	cassāverīmus	cassāverītis	cassāverint
	pluperfect	cassāvissem	cassāvissēs	cassāvisset	cassāvissēmus	cassāvissētis	cassāvissent
passive	present	casser	cassēris, cassēre	cassētur	cassēmur	cassēminī	cassentur
	imperfect	cassārer	cassārēris, cassārēre	cassārētur	cassārēmur	cassārēminī	cassārentur
	perfect	cassātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cassātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cassā	—	—	cassāte	—
	future	—	cassātō	cassātō	—	cassātōte	cassantō
passive	present	—	cassāre	—	—	cassāminī	—
	future	—	cassātor	cassātor	—	—	cassantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cassāre	cassāvisse	cassātūrum esse	cassārī	cassātum esse	cassātum īrī
participles		cassāns	—	cassātūrus	—	cassātus	cassandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cassandī	cassandō	cassandum	cassandō	cassātum	cassātū

Descendants

• English: cassate
• German: kassieren
• Italian: cassare
• Portuguese: cassar

Etymology 2

Plautinian form for quassō.

Verb

cassō (present infinitive cassāre, perfect active cassāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. Alternative form of quassō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cassō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cassō	cassās	cassat	cassāmus	cassātis	cassant
	imperfect	cassābam	cassābās	cassābat	cassābāmus	cassābātis	cassābant
	future	cassābō	cassābis	cassābit	cassābimus	cassābitis	cassābunt
	perfect	cassāvī	cassāvistī	cassāvit	cassāvimus	cassāvistis	cassāvērunt, cassāvēre
	pluperfect	cassāveram	cassāverās	cassāverat	cassāverāmus	cassāverātis	cassāverant
	future perfect	cassāverō	cassāveris	cassāverit	cassāverimus	cassāveritis	cassāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cassem	cassēs	casset	cassēmus	cassētis	cassent
	imperfect	cassārem	cassārēs	cassāret	cassārēmus	cassārētis	cassārent
	perfect	cassāverim	cassāverīs	cassāverit	cassāverīmus	cassāverītis	cassāverint
	pluperfect	cassāvissem	cassāvissēs	cassāvisset	cassāvissēmus	cassāvissētis	cassāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cassā	—	—	cassāte	—
	future	—	cassātō	cassātō	—	cassātōte	cassantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cassāre	cassāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		cassāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cassandī	cassandō	cassandum	cassandō	—	—

Derived terms

• cassābundus

Adjective

cassō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cassus

References

• “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

Verb

casso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cassar