Cassi

Cassi is a Latin form of casus, meaning “chance, event; fall”. It is the nominative plural masculine noun or vocative plural masculine noun or genitive singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Cassius, “Cassius, name of a Roman clan (e.g. C. Cassius Longinus, assassin of Caesar)”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective or genitive singular neuter adjective.

Found 63 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.21.1: Trinobantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 8.23.6: Obversantur oculis cassi labores, et infructuosae preces, et honor quem meruit tantum; redit animo ille latus clavus in penatibus meis sumptus, redeunt illa prima illa postrema suffragia mea, illi sermones illae consultationes.

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 10.pr.8: … sse: haec quae transeo post mortem meam legentur. Quanta in illis libertas fuit quam etiam Labienus extimuit? CASSI SEVERI, hominis Labieno inuisissimi, belle dicta res ferebatur illo tempore quo libri Labieni ex senatus cons …

All forms of casus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.