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Latin
Etymology
From in (“in”) + cassum (“hollow, empty”), accusative of cassus.
Adverb
incassum (not comparable)
- in vain
- Synonyms: frūstrā, nēquīquam
c. 45 CE – 96 CE,
Statius,
Thebaid 1.471, (as edited by D. E. Hill in 1983):
- Non haec incassum divisque absentibus acta.
- These events were not carried out in vain, with an absence of the gods.