cast (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of throwingII. The distance that a thing is thrownIII. A throw of diceIV. A tingeV. An oblique turn in the eyeVI. Anything cast in metal, plaster, etc.1. ty̆pus2. aes, aeris, n. (of bronze casts)VII. The distribution of parts in a play • cast (subs.): I. The act of throwing: jactus, ūs: Cic.: v. throw. II. The distance that a thing is thrown: jactus, ūs: within a missile's c., intra teli jactum, Virg. III. A throw of dice: jactus: Liv.: Ov. IV. A tinge: Phr.: a pearl that has a c. of brown, margarita suffusca, Tac.: a tragic cast (of style), tragicus color, Hor. V. An oblique turn in the eye: Phr.: to have a c. in the eyes, perversis oculis esse, Cic.: a man that has a c. in the eye, paetus, Hor. VI. Anything cast in metal, plaster, etc.: 1. ty̆pus: Cic.: Plin. 2. aes, aeris, n. (of bronze casts): Hor.: Plin. Phr.: to form a wax c. in a mould of plaster of Paris, ceram in formam gypsi infundere, Plin. VII. The distribution of parts in a play: *fabulae partium in singulos actores distributio.