incassum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adverb

incassum (not comparable)

  1. in vain
    • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebaid 1.471, (as edited by D. E. Hill in 1983):
      Non haec incassum divisque absentibus acta.
      These events were not carried out in vain, with an absence of the gods.
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