cascus
From LSJ
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cascus: a, um, adj. cf. canus,
I old: cascum significat vetus: ejus origo Sabina quae usque radices in Oscam linguam egit, Varr. L. L. 7, § 28; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 41, and v. casnar: quam prisci casci populi tenuere Latini, Enn. Ann. 24 Vahl.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; so Manil. and Papin. ap. Varr. l. l.; Att. ib.: sal, Aus. Ep. 22, 27.— Hence, * cascē, adv.: casce nimis et prisce loquens, in an old-fashioned manner, Gell. 1, 10 in lemm.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cascus, a, um, ancien, des anciens temps : Varro L. 7, 28 ; prisci quos cascos Ennius appellat Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, les anciens hommes qu’Ennius appelle casci.
