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Căsīnum , i, n.,
I.a town of Latium, east of Aquinium, now ruins near S. Germano: its citadel the present Monte Casino, Varr. L. L. 7, § 29, p. 86 Bip.; id. R. R. 3, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—
II. Hence the adjj.,
A. Căsīnas , ātis, of Casinum: ager, Cato, R. R. 136; Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 65: “fundus,” id. Phil. 2, 40, 103; and absol.: “in Casinati or Casinate,” in the region of Casinum, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 11; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227.—
B. Căsīnus , a, um, of Casinum: “Nymphae,” Sil. 12, 527 dub. (others, Casini Nymphae).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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