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]‎, 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 Late 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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.so]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cassāre			cassārī			cassāns			—
future		cassātūrum esse			cassātum īrī			cassātūrus			cassandus
perfect		cassāvisse			cassātum esse			—			cassātus
future perfect		—			cassātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cassātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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 passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cassāre			—			cassāns			—
perfect		cassāvisse			—			—			—
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, 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