LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cascus

cascus (feminine casca, neuter cascum)
Classical[ˈkas.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkas.kus]

Meaning

  1. Old Latinadjectivearchaicancient, olden
    ...quam prīscī cascī populī tenuēre Latīnī......which the ancient Latin folk of eld did hold...239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 24
    Veterēs Casmēnās cascam rem volō prōfārī...I want the Camenae of old to tell of an ancient tale...Second C. BCE, unknown author, Carmen Priami 1

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecascuscascacascum
genitivecascīcascaecascī
dativecascōcascaecascō
accusativecascumcascamcascum
ablativecascōcascācascō
vocativecascecascacascum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecascīcascaecasca
genitivecascōrumcascārumcascōrum
dativecascīscascīscascīs
accusativecascōscascāscasca
ablativecascīscascīscascīs
vocativecascīcascaecasca

cascus, a, um, adj. cf. canus,
I. old: cascum significat vetus: ejus origo Sabina quae usque radices in Oscam linguam egit, Varr. L. L. 7, § 28; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 41, and v. casnar: quam prisci casci populi tenuere Latini, Enn. Ann. 24 Vahl.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; so Manil. and Papin. ap. Varr. l. l.; Att. ib.: sal, Aus. Ep. 22, 27.— Hence, * cascē, adv.: casce nimis et prisce loquens, in an old-fashioned manner, Gell. 1, 10 in lemm.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kaskos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₁s-ko-/*ḱh₂(e)s-ko-, from *ḱHs- (whence also Latin cānus (“white”)). Cognate with Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cānus (“grayish-white”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”), Sanskrit शश (śaśá, “hare”).

Italo-Romance
  • Old Italiancasco
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshcastg
Gallo-Romance
  • Gasconcascan
  • Gasconcascant
Ibero-Romance
  • Asturiancascañu

Quick answers

What does cascus mean in Latin?
cascus, a adjective, means “ancient, olden”.
How do you pronounce cascus?
In classical Latin, [ˈkas.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkas.kus].