cast (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To suffer to fall offIII. To condemn (q. v.)IV. To form out of molten metal1. flo, 12. fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (more usu.) • cast (v.): I. Lit.: jăcio, conjĭcio; jacto, mitto: v. to throw. Phr.: to c. anchor, ancoras jacere, Caes.: to c. a man into prison, aliquem in carcerem conjicere, Cic.: to c. those overpowered with wine into a deep sleep, vino oneratos sopire, Liv.: lots had been c. to decide this, dejecta in id sors erat, Liv. (v. lot): to c. a play, *fabulae partes in singulos histriones (actores) distribuere: to c. a nativity, fata per genituram interpretari (cf. Amm. 29, 1, 5): v. horoscope: the eyes of all the jurymen were c. upon Oppianicus, oculi omnium judicum in Oppianicum conjiciebantur, Cic.: to c. one's eyes (covetously) upon a thing, rei oculos adjicere, Cic.: a c.ing vote, quae ad cumulum accedit sententia, Cic. Cl. 27, 74. II. To suffer to fall off: exuo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: serpents c. their old skin, angues vernationem ex., Plin. (also vernant, Plin.): v. to shed. III. To condemn (q. v.): damno, 1: C. Licinius Stolo was c. by M. Popillius Laenas in 10,000 asses, C. L. Stolo a M. P. Laenate decem milibus aeris est damnatus, Liv. Phr.: to be c. in a suit, causa cadere, Cic.: v. to fail. IV. To form out of molten metal: 1. flo, 1: the oldest bronze money was c., aes antiquissimum est flatum, Varr.: Gell. 2. fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (more usu.): to c. the limbs of a statue, statuae membra f., Quint.: Hor.: v. to found.