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Pergămum, i, n., v. Pergama.

Pergămum, i, n., a city in Mysia, on the Caystrus, the residence of the Attalian kings, with a celebrated library, now Bergamo, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126; Liv. 29, 11; 37, 19; 20 al.—Hence,

Pergămēnus, a, um, adj., = Pergamênos, of or belonging to Pergamum in Mysia, Pergamean:

Pergamena civitas,

Cic. Fl. 30, 64:

ager,

Liv. 37, 21:

naves,

Nep. Hann. 11, 5.—Pergamena charta, or as subst.: Pergămēna (collat. form Pergămīna, Not. Tir. p. 124), ae, f., parchment, a material for writing on, prepared from the skins of animals, invented by Eumenes, king of Pergamum, Isid. Orig. 6, 11; Hier. Ep. 7, n. 2; cf. Varr. ap. Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 70.— Pergămēna, ae, f., the country about Pergamum, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126.—In plur.: Pergămēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pergamum, the Pergameans, Cic. Fl. 30, 74.—

Pergămĕ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Pergamum, Pergamean ( poet.): deus, i. e. Æsculapius (who was worshipped at Pergamum), Mart. 9, 17, 2.

Pergămum, i, n., a city in Creta, founded by Agamemnon (or acc. to Verg. A. 3, 133, by Æneas), Vell. 1, 1, 2.

pigmentum, i, n. [pingo], a material for coloring, a color, paint, pigment.

Lit.

For painting, a paint:

aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150.—Jocosely:

quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis,

i. e. beat black and blue, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 20. —

For cosmetics, a paint, pigment:

non istanc aetatem oportet pigmentum ullum attingere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 106; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

multiplicasti pigmenta tua,

Vulg. Isa. 57, 9.—

Transf., the juice of plants (post-class.), Firm. Math. 8, 17; v. Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.—

Trop., of style, coloring, ornament: meus autem liber totum Isocratis murothêkion atque omnes ejus discipulorum arculas et nonnihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1:

pigmentorum flos et color,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

sententiae, tam verae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188.

pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

rĕdĭ-vīvus, a, um, adj. [v. re init. ].

That lives again (late Lat.; cf.

recidivus): Christus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 204.—

Renewed, renovated, of old building-materials used as new:

redivivus rudus (opp. novum),

Vitr. 7, 1:

unam columnam efficere ab integro novam, nullo lapide redivivo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147. — Subst.: rĕdĭ-vīvum, i, n., old material used again in building:

quasi quicquam redivivi ex opere illo tolleretur ac non totum opus ex redivivis constitueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148; cf.:

redivivum est ex vetusto renovatum,

Fest. p. 273 Müll.

rĕdĭ-vīvus, a, um, adj. [v. re init. ].

That lives again (late Lat.; cf.

recidivus): Christus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 204.—

Renewed, renovated, of old building-materials used as new:

redivivus rudus (opp. novum),

Vitr. 7, 1:

unam columnam efficere ab integro novam, nullo lapide redivivo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147. — Subst.: rĕdĭ-vīvum, i, n., old material used again in building:

quasi quicquam redivivi ex opere illo tolleretur ac non totum opus ex redivivis constitueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148; cf.:

redivivum est ex vetusto renovatum,

Fest. p. 273 Müll.

spĕcŭlum, i, n. [specio; hence, that in which one sees himself].

Lit., a looking-glass, mirror (usually made of polished metal):

speculum a speciendo, quod ibi se spectant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; cf.:

speculum, quod in eo specimus imaginem,

id. ib. 6, §

82: homines sibi habere speculum, ubi os contemplarent suom, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 2:

quid opu'st speculo tibi, quae tute speculo speculum es maximum?

id. Most. 1, 3, 94; cf. id. Men. 5, 9, 3:

speculi imago,

Lucr. 4, 279; cf. id. 4, 331:

speculis apparent simulacra,

id. 4, 98:

speculorum levitas,

Cic. Univ. 14:

quotiens te in speculo videris alterum,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 6:

ut in speculo rugas aspexit aniles,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

se in speculo contemplari,

App. Mag. p. 283, 4:

cava specula,

id. ib. p. 284, 2 et saep.— On the material and use of mirrors, v. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128; 34, 17, 48, § 160; 37, 5, 16, § 64; 37, 7, 25, § 97; Stat. S. 3, 4, 94; Sen. Q. N. 1, 17.—With tanquam, ut, etc.:

inspicere, tamquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61; 3, 3, 74; Cic. Pis. 29, 71; id. Fin. 5, 22, 61; id. Rep. 2, 42, 69.—

Poet., transf., of the mirror-like smoothness of water:

lympharum in speculo,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 3.—

Trop., a mirror, copy, imitation (rare; more freq. connected with tamquam or ut, etc.; v. supra, I.):

futuri temporis,

Lucr. 3, 974; 4, 166:

infantes et bestias putat specula esse naturae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32; cf.

corresp. with imago,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 3:

omne opus Vergilianum de quodam Homerici operis speculo formatum est,

Macr. S. 5, 2 med.

văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)

In gen.

Lit., in material sense.

Absol.:

spatium vacuum,

Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

vacua castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

atria,

id. ib. 7, 379;

2, 528: porticus,

id. ib. 2, 761:

videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

id. G. 3, 109:

Acerrae,

unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

Cumae,

Juv. 3, 2:

Ulubrae,

id. 10, 102:

agri,

Verg. G. 2, 54:

aurae,

id. A. 12, 592:

caelum,

id. ib. 5, 515:

oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

Liv. 39, 14, 2:

aër,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

theatrum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

aula,

id. C. 4, 14, 36:

tabellae,

Quint. 10, 3, 32:

numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

Liv. 44, 26, 3:

lectus,

Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

per vacuum locum inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18:

manus,

Quint. 11, 2, 42:

ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

vultus,

without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—

With abl.:

nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

Cic. Univ. 4:

gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

moenia defensoribus,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

viae occursu hominum,

id. 5, 41, 5:

cultoribus agri,

Ov. M. 7, 653:

ense ebur,

id. ib. 4, 148:

arvum arboribus,

Col. 3, 11, 3:

loca fetu in vite,

id. 3, 10, 5:

pectus velamine,

Stat. Th. 1, 593.—

With ab and abl.:

Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

pars Galliae ab exercitu,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

vacuum ab hostibus mare,

Liv. 37, 13, 6.—

With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

Sall. J. 90, 1:

Romana urbs annonae,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—

Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

vacuum minus intus habere,

Lucr. 1, 367:

in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

Verg. G. 2, 287:

ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—

Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.

With abl.:

animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

molestiis,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

cupiditate et timore,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

consilium periculo,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

his rebus mens vacua,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

vacuus duellis Janus,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

crimine nox vacua est,

Ov. F. 4, 581:

ille metu vacuus,

id. M. 3, 582:

nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

aemulatione,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

curā domesticā vacuus,

id. H. 1, 88:

tali culpā,

id. A. 6, 16:

tributo,

id. ib. 12, 61:

vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

id. Brut. 90, 309:

animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

Sall. C. 51, 1:

a culpa,

id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

curā,

Liv. 24, 18, 1.—

With gen.:

vacuas caedis habete manus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

operum vacuus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

Ov. M. 6, 541:

composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

Tac. A. 15, 8.—

With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

Liv. 1, 46, 9:

necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

aliquid invenire vacui,

Quint. 10, 6, 1.—

In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).

Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

animus vacuus ac solutus,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

aures vacuae atque eruditae,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

id. A. A. 1, 491:

si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

Verg. G. 3, 3:

ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

Tibur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Athenae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

tonsoris in umbrā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

otiosa Neapolis,

id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

Rutilius animo vacuus,

i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

haud animi vacuus,

quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

equa,

Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—

Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

vacuam noctem operi dedere,

Liv. 3, 28, 7:

tempora,

Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—

Of women, free, unmarried, single:

ubi mulier vacua fuit,

Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

Hersilia,

i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—

Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

Liv. 23, 2, 7:

ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

Sall. C. 52, 23:

sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

id. Agr. 40:

vacua Armenia,

without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

bona,

Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

possessio,

ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—

Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

rem,

Petr. 102:

vacua et inanis productio verbi,

Gell. 11, 15, 6:

tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

pecunia,

unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.

văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)

In gen.

Lit., in material sense.

Absol.:

spatium vacuum,

Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

vacua castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

atria,

id. ib. 7, 379;

2, 528: porticus,

id. ib. 2, 761:

videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

id. G. 3, 109:

Acerrae,

unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

Cumae,

Juv. 3, 2:

Ulubrae,

id. 10, 102:

agri,

Verg. G. 2, 54:

aurae,

id. A. 12, 592:

caelum,

id. ib. 5, 515:

oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

Liv. 39, 14, 2:

aër,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

theatrum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

aula,

id. C. 4, 14, 36:

tabellae,

Quint. 10, 3, 32:

numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

Liv. 44, 26, 3:

lectus,

Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

per vacuum locum inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18:

manus,

Quint. 11, 2, 42:

ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

vultus,

without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—

With abl.:

nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

Cic. Univ. 4:

gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

moenia defensoribus,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

viae occursu hominum,

id. 5, 41, 5:

cultoribus agri,

Ov. M. 7, 653:

ense ebur,

id. ib. 4, 148:

arvum arboribus,

Col. 3, 11, 3:

loca fetu in vite,

id. 3, 10, 5:

pectus velamine,

Stat. Th. 1, 593.—

With ab and abl.:

Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

pars Galliae ab exercitu,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

vacuum ab hostibus mare,

Liv. 37, 13, 6.—

With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

Sall. J. 90, 1:

Romana urbs annonae,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—

Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

vacuum minus intus habere,

Lucr. 1, 367:

in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

Verg. G. 2, 287:

ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—

Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.

With abl.:

animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

molestiis,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

cupiditate et timore,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

consilium periculo,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

his rebus mens vacua,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

vacuus duellis Janus,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

crimine nox vacua est,

Ov. F. 4, 581:

ille metu vacuus,

id. M. 3, 582:

nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

aemulatione,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

curā domesticā vacuus,

id. H. 1, 88:

tali culpā,

id. A. 6, 16:

tributo,

id. ib. 12, 61:

vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

id. Brut. 90, 309:

animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

Sall. C. 51, 1:

a culpa,

id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

curā,

Liv. 24, 18, 1.—

With gen.:

vacuas caedis habete manus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

operum vacuus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

Ov. M. 6, 541:

composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

Tac. A. 15, 8.—

With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

Liv. 1, 46, 9:

necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

aliquid invenire vacui,

Quint. 10, 6, 1.—

In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).

Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

animus vacuus ac solutus,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

aures vacuae atque eruditae,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

id. A. A. 1, 491:

si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

Verg. G. 3, 3:

ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

Tibur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Athenae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

tonsoris in umbrā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

otiosa Neapolis,

id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

Rutilius animo vacuus,

i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

haud animi vacuus,

quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

equa,

Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—

Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

vacuam noctem operi dedere,

Liv. 3, 28, 7:

tempora,

Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—

Of women, free, unmarried, single:

ubi mulier vacua fuit,

Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

Hersilia,

i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—

Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

Liv. 23, 2, 7:

ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

Sall. C. 52, 23:

sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

id. Agr. 40:

vacua Armenia,

without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

bona,

Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

possessio,

ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—

Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

rem,

Petr. 102:

vacua et inanis productio verbi,

Gell. 11, 15, 6:

tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

pecunia,

unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.