in cassum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in (“in”) +‎ cassum (“hollow, empty”), accusative of cassus.

Adverb

in cassum (not comparable)

  1. in vain
    In cassum cadunt omnia tua promissa.
    All your promises are in vain.
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 360:
      Bene promittis multa ex multis: omnia in cassum cadunt.
      You promise many things to many people: they all prove to be in vain.
      You pile up fine promises sky-high: down they all drop to nothing. (translated by Paul Nixon, Plautus IV (Loeb), 1980, p. 37)
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 2.49:
      In cassum missae preces.
      The prayers were sent in vain.
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