cascus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaskos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₁s-ko-/*ḱh₂(e)s-ko-[1], from *ḱHs- (whence also Latin cānus (“white”)). Cognate with Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin canus (“hoary”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”), Sanskrit शश (śaśá, “hare”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.kus/, [ˈkas.kʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cascus | casca | cascum | cascī | cascae | casca | |
| Genitive | cascī | cascae | cascī | cascōrum | cascārum | cascōrum | |
| Dative | cascō | cascae | cascō | cascīs | cascīs | cascīs | |
| Accusative | cascum | cascam | cascum | cascōs | cascās | casca | |
| Ablative | cascō | cascā | cascō | cascīs | cascīs | cascīs | |
| Vocative | casce | casca | cascum | cascī | cascae | casca | |
Usage notes
Latin cascus never occurs in Latin texts: all attestations are glosses.
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cascus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 96
- cascus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cascus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cascus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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