I.cheese, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; Col. 7, 8, 1; 12, 12 sq.; Pall Mai, 9; Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 72; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Ov. F. 4, 371 al.: “facere, Varr. l. l.: premere,” Verg. E. 1, 35: “figurare,” Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 181.—As a comic term of endearment: “molliculus and dulciculus caseus,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157 and 179.
cāsĕus , i, m. (cāsĕum , i, n., Cato, R. R. 76, 3 and 4; Plaut. and Nov. ap. Non. p. 200, 9 sq.),