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1 vappa
vappa ae, f [cf. vapor], wine without flavor, vapid wine: potare vappam, H.—Fig., a spoiled fellow, good-for-nothing, H., Ct.* * *I II -
2 vapide
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3 vapidus
vapida, vapidum ADJflat, vapid; that has lost its freshness (of wine) -
4 evanesco
ē-vānesco, nŭi, 3 ( part. fut. evaniturus, Lact. 5, 4 fin.), v. inch. n., to vanish or pass away, to die away, to disappear (class.).I.Lit.1.In gen.:2.Bacchi cum flos evanuit (with diffugere in auras),
Lucr. 3, 222:evanescere paulatim et decrescere pondus,
id. 5, 536:evanescere stinguique colorem,
id. 2, 828:pruna,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6:aquae,
to evaporate, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24; cf.:vinum et salsamentum vetustate,
i. e. to lose its strength, become vapid, Cic. Div. 2, 57:cornuaque extremae velut evanescere lunae,
Ov. M. 2, 117 et saep.:et procul in tenuem ex oculis evanuit auram,
Verg. A. 9, 658; Ov. M. 14, 432; id. F. 2, 509.—Of persons who flee or hide themselves through fear, Flor. 3, 3, 18; Amm. 16, 6, 3. —II.Trop.: ne cum poëta scriptura evanesceret, to die away, sink into oblivion, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; cf.:omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95:orationes,
id. Brut. 27 fin.:Hortensius,
id. ib. 94:sententiae Aristonis, Pyrrhonis (opp. stabilitatem habere),
id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85 et saep.:postea quam extenuari spem nostram et evanescere vidi,
id. Att. 3, 13:rumor,
Liv. 28, 25; 44, 31:fama,
id. 33, 8:ingenium,
id. 2, 48:omnis vis herbarum,
Ov. M. 14, 356:bella per taedia et moras (opp. valida impetu),
Tac. H. 2, 32: donatio, i. e. to lose its effect (opp. valere), Dig. 24, 1, 11, § 7; cf.:actio dotis,
ib. 24, 3, 21:evanescunt haec atque emoriuntur comparatione meliorum,
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5 uvidus
I.Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;II.syn.: umidus, madidus): rete,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5:vestimenta,
id. ib. 2, 7, 15: (mulieres) id. ib. 2, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 5, 14:gemma,
Ov. F. 3, 238:uvidus ventosusque status caeli,
Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.Juppiter,
Verg. G. 1, 418:Menalcas,
wet with the dew, id. E. 10, 20:Tiburis ripae,
i. e. well-watered, Hor. C. 4, 2, 30; cf.:rura assiduis aquis,
Ov. F. 4, 686:terra,
Col. 3, 2, 9.— Comp.:poma,
i. e. juicy, Tert. Jejun. 1 fin. —Trop.A.Drunken:B.Bacchus,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 18; cf.:dicimus integro Sicci mane die, dicimus uvidi,
id. ib. 4, 5, 39.—Vapid:verba,
Gell. 1, 15, 1. -
6 vapidus
văpĭdus, a, um, adj. [vapor], that has emitted steam or vapor, i. e. that has lost its life and spirit, spoiled, flat, vapid.I.Lit.:II.vinum,
Col. 12, 5, 1.—Transf., spoiled, bad.A.Lit.:B.pix,
Pers. 5, 148.— -
7 vappa
vappa, ae, f. [kindr. with vapor; cf. vapidus], wine that has lost its spirit and flavor; palled, flat, vapid wine.I.Lit.:II.vitium musto quibusdam in locis iterum sponte fervere, quā calamitate deperit sapor vappaeque accipit nomen, probrosum etiam hominum, cum degeneravit animus,
Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; 1, 5, 16; Mart. 12, 48, 14.—Transf., masc., a spoiled or worthless fellow, a good-fornothing, Cat. 28, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 104; 1, 2, 12; Auct. Priap. 14; cf. Plin. l. l. supra.
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