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.
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.
CAST Copy link • CAST 1. v. jacere - jactare (to cast repeatedly or constantly): mittere (to send from one’s hand): jaculari (to hurl from the hand): conjicere (to hurl, with especial reference to hitting an object; often at the same time with others: also, to throw into a place; as, milites in locum; aliquem in vincula): injicere (to cast into): into anything, alicui rei or in aliquid. To cast anything at anybody, aliquem petere aliqua re (e.g., with an apple, malo). To cast stones, lapides jacere: at anybody, lapides mittere or conjicere in aliquem: lapidibus petere aliquem; lapidibus aliquem prosequi (to persecute him by hurling stones at him): to cast stones at one another, *alter alterum lapidibus petit: to cast anything at anybody’s head, in caput alicujus aliquid jaculari: money into the sea, pecuniam in mare jubere mergi: to cast a cloak about one, pailium circumjicere: to cast a light, lucem mittere (e.g., luna mittit lucem in terram): to cast one’s eyes at anything, oculos conjicere ad or in aliquid: blame on anybody, aliquem reprehendere (de or in aliqua re); aliquem vituperare de aliqua re [Vid. BLAME, v.] . To cast a nativity, animadvertere et notare sidera natalicia; fata per genituras interpretari (after Ammian): any body’s nativity, praedicere et notare vitam alicujus ex natali die (after Cic., De Divin., 2, 42, init.): to cast one’s teeth, dentes cadunt, decidual or excidunt: feathers, *plumas mutare: one’s skin, pellem exuere; vernationem or senectam exuere (of serpents): a stumbling-block in the way, impedimentum alicui afferre, or inferre; obstare alicui; impedire aliquem: dust in anybody’s eyes, alicui fumum facere; glaucomam ob oculos objicere, nebulas cudere (in comedy): in the eyes of one’s hearers, verborum et argutiarum fuliginem ob oculos audientium jacere (Gell.): to cast anything in anybody’s teeth [Vid: CAST AGAINST]: to cast one’s self on the earth, procumbere humi, ad terram projici (both also of falling unintentionally): at anybody’s feet, se ad alicujus pedes projicere or abjicere; or se alicui ad pedes projicere or abjicere (e.g., se Caesari ad pedes projicere): [lots, anchor, an account, etc., Vid: those words]. To cast (i. e., form by pouring fused metal into a mold), fundere: of anything, ex aliqua re: fingere (general term for forming by a plastic method). CAST ABOUT, jactare (toss hither and thither): dispergere (scatter: per): = consider, Vid: To be cast, in a lawsuit, causa cadere: to cast, damnare, condemnare (of the judges). CAST AGAINST, objicere aliquid alicui rei (= reproach with anything): objicere (the proper word): exprobrare: opprobrare: objurgare aliquem de aliqua re: aliquid crimini dare alicui. CAST AWAY, abjicere, projicere (e.g., arma): one’s shield, scutum e manu emittere: money, pecuniam profundere: one’s self, se abjicere (in a moral sense; not se projicere, which is “to run headlong into danger”): se prmaecipitare, or praecipitare only, or praecipitari in exitium (rush to destruction): to be cast away (= suffer shipwreck), naufragium facere. Cast back, rejicere. CAST DOWN: (1) PROPR., affligere terrae or ad terram: sternere, prosternere: one’s eyes, oculos in terram demittere or dejicere; oculos dejicere: terram intueri: before anybody, alicui oculos susmittere: modestly, terram modeste intueri: (2) FIG., dishearten, affligere: any body, aliquem or alicujus animum affligere; alicujus animum frangere or infringere. CAST FORTH, jacere: cjicere. CAST IN or INTO, injicere aliquid alicui rei or in aliquid: into prison, in custodiam dare: in vincula conjicere: a sleep, sopire, consopire: alicui somnum afferre, parere, conciliare: in one’s mind, cogitare cum, or in animo, or aliquid, or de aliqua re: considerare in animo cum animo, secum; or only considerare aliquid or de aliqua re: aliquid agitare mente, animo, or in mente or cum animo: perpendere, pensitare aliquid: secum or cum animo reputare aliquid. Cast OFF, ponere: deponere (lay down. or aside): exuere (put off): abjicere (throw away). To cast off clothes, vestem pone re, deponere, abjicere (which one has thrown off: vestem deponere also of rejecting as worn out): vestem exuere (which one has pulled off): human feeling, omnem humanitatem exuere: a servant, dimittere aliquem: the dogs, canibus vincla demere (Ov.): canes immittere or instigare (in feras). CAST OUT, abigere (drive off): pellere, depellere: propellere: proturbare (one who is forcing himself in): expellere: extrudere: exturbare (out of a place): exterminare (ex) urbe, de civitate (of driving him out of the limits of a city or state): out of a house, aliquem domo ejicere; aliquem foras extrudere: out of a city, ex urbe ejicere: devils, daemonas adjuratione divini nominis expellere ac fugare (Lactantius). CAST UP: PROPR., sublime jacere (after Plin., 11, 2, 1, § 4): earth, terram adaggerare: earth about a tree, arborem aggerare: a mound, aggerem jacere, exstruere: a ball, pilam in altum mittere: one’s eyes, oculos tollere: an account, computare aliquid or rationem alicujus rei [Vid: ACCOUNT]. FIG., vomit, evomere, exspuere [Vid: VOMIT] CAST UPON: PROPR., superinjicere; gravel on the road, glarea superstruere viam. FIG., trust to, fidere or confidere alicui, or alicui rei, or aliqud re: niti aliqua re: one’s hope upon anybody, spem ponere, reponere, constituere in aliquo: blame on anybody, culpam in aliquem conferre, conjicere: from one’s self, culpam in aliquem transferre. Casting vote, perhaps *sutfragium or punctum decretorium: *vox decretoria. 2. s. throw, jactus: missus: jaculatio: conjectio (e.g., telorum) [SYN. in CAST, v.] ictus (a successful cast, a hit). A stone’s cast, lapidis jactus or conjectus (e.g., extra lapidis, teli, etc., jactum or conjectum esse: a cast of dice, jactus or missus talorum or tesserarum. SYN. in DIE, DICE, where the names of the casts will be found). Risk, venture, alea: to venture anything at a cast, aliquid in aleam dare (PROP. and figuratively): aliquid in discrimen committere, vocare, deferre, or adducere: aliquid discrimini committere: often by agitur aliquid or do aliqua re (any thing is at stake): or by dimicare de aliqua re. My life is ventured upon the cast, de vita dimico: de vita in discrimen vocor: to be brought to the last cast, in ultimum discrimen adduci (to be brought into the greatest danger): ultima audere, experiri; ad extrema or ad ultimum auxilium descendere (to be trying one’s last chance). It is our last chance, ad extrema perventum est; res est ad extremum perducta casum. Molded figure, signum: imago ficta: simulacrum fictile: figura fictilia (if of clay or plaster): signum aeneum signum ex aere factum or expressum (if of brass). Form, imago, species, forma. (The words are found in this connection and order), species et forma: infonnatio. Cast of the eyes, limi or perversi oculi: to have a cast with one’s eye, limis or perversis oculis esse; strabonem esse. Trick, ars: artificium. Shade of color: to have a cast of black, nigricare (to be blackish): nigrescere (to become black): of violet, in violam vergere, violam sentire, in violam desinere (Plin.). White with a cast of violet, candidus color violam sentiens (Plin.). Body of men, etc., corpus. The military or sacerdotal cast, corpus militum or sacerdotum: or only milites, sacerdotes. The spirit of cast, mostly by spiritus, with an adjective describing the cast; e.g., of the patricians, spiritus patricii (Liv.). IMPROPR., genus: farina. He is of our cast, est nostrae farinae (i. e., as bad as we are, Persius): of the same cast, ejusdem generis or farinae.