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casso

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See also: Casso and cassò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin cassus (hollow”, “empty).

Adjective

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

  1. 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 []
  2. deprived; devoid
    Synonyms: privo, sfornito
    Antonyms: dotato, fornito
  3. expelled or fired
  4. dejected; disheartened

Etymology 2

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

Participle

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

  1. (obsolete) past participle of cassare
    1. erased, gone, destroyed
    2. (figurative) fired
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Etymology 3

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

Noun

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casso m (plural cassi)

  1. (obsolete) ribcage
  2. (obsolete, by extension) thorax
    Synonym: torace

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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casso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cassare

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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cassus +‎ .

Verb

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

  1. to nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate
    Synonym: abrogō
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • English: cassate
  • German: kassieren
  • Italian: cassare
  • Portuguese: cassar

Etymology 2

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Plautinian form for quassō.

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of quassō
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Adjective

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cassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cassus

References

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Portuguese

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Verb

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casso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cassar