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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.
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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