incassum

Latin

Alternative forms

• in cassum

Etymology

From in (“in”) +‎ cassum (“hollow, empty”), accusative of cassus.

Adverb

incassum (not comparable)

1. in vain
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebaid 1.471, (as edited by D. E. Hill in 1983):

     Non haec incassum divisque absentibus acta.

     These events were not carried out in vain, with an absence of the gods.