cāseus, i, m. (cāseum, i, n., Cato, R. R. 76, 3 and 4; Plaut. and Nov. ap. Non. p. 200, 9 sq.), cheese, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; Col. 7, 8, 1; 12, 12 sq.; Pall Mai, 9; Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 72; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Ov. F. 4, 371 al.: facere, Varr. l. l.: premere, Verg. E. 1, 35: figurare, Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 181.

—As a comic term of endearment: molliculus and dulciculus caseus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 157 and 179.