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|lshtext=<b>căsa</b>: ae, f. Sanscr. khad, to [[cover]]; cf.: [[cassis]], [[castrum]],<br /><b>I</b> [[any]] [[simple]] or [[poorly]]-built [[house]], a [[cottage]], [[hut]], [[cabin]], [[shed]], etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Lucr. 5, 1011; 6, 1254; Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; Vitr. 2, 1; Verg. E. 2, 29; Tib. 2, 1, 24 et saep.; Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2; a [[small]] [[country]]-[[house]], Mart. 6, 43; Caes. B. G. 5, 43 Herz.; Veg. Mil. 2, 10.—Of babyhouses, Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Casae, in [[late]] Lat. meton., a [[country]] [[estate]], a [[farm]], Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Prov.: ita fugias, ne [[praeter]] casam, i. e. do not [[run]] so [[far]] as to [[pass]] the safest [[hiding]]-[[place]], in [[allusion]] to a [[game]] of [[hide]]-and-[[seek]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3. —<br /><b>II</b> Esp.: [[casa]] Romuli, the thatched [[cottage]] of [[Romulus]] on the Capitoline Hill, Vitr. 2. 1; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Ov. F. 3, 183 sqq.
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