cassis
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cassis: ĭdis (access. form cassĭda, ae, like chlamyda from chlamys, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 15; Verg. A. 11, 775; cf. Prob. II. p. 1473 P. Lind.; Charis. p. 80 P.; Prisc. p. 698 ib. Also Paul. ex Fest. p. 48, instead of cassilam, the reading should be cassidam), f. Etruscan, acc. to Isid. Orig. 18, 14, 1; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 392; cf. Sanscr. khad, to cover, and Lat. castrum, casa,
I a helmet, commonly of metal (as galea was of leather, Isid. Orig. 18, 14, 1; cf. Tac. G. 6), Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 100; Caes. B. G. 7, 45; Ov. M. 12, 89; 13, 107: fracta, Juv. 10, 134: caelata, id. 11, 103.—But also promiscuously for galea, Ov. M. 8, 25 (cf.: aerea galea, Verg. A. 5, 490).—
b Meton., war: sub casside sumere unguenta, Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23: aetas patiens cassidis, Juv. 7, 33.
cassis: is, v. casses.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cassĭs,¹² ĭdis, f., casque en métal des cavaliers] : muliones cum cassidibus, equitum specie Cæs. G. 7, 45, 2, muletiers coiffés du casque pour se donner l’air de cavaliers || [fig.] ætas patiens cassidis Juv. 7, 33, âge propre à la guerre.
(2) cassis,¹³ is, m., Ov. Ars 3, 554, et cassēs, ium, m., Virg. G. 3, 371, rets, filet de chasse : dama impedita cassibus Mart. 3, 58, 28, daim pris dans des filets || toile d’araignée : Virg. G. 4, 24 || [fig.] embûches : Tib. 1, 6, 5.
