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  • 1 ināne

        ināne is, n    [inanis], an empty space, void, open space: ad inane pervenire, L.: nullum: vacuum, V.: audito sonitu per inane, O.: rapti per inania vento, O.—Fig., vanity, worthlessness: inane abscindere soldo, H.: inania captare, H.: inter inania belli, as an idle show, Ta.
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    empty space/expanse/part of structure, hollow, void; space devoid of matter

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  • 2 inane

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inane

  • 3 inanis

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

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  • 4 vacuus

        vacuus adj. with sup.    [cf. vaco], empty, void, unoccupied, vacant, free, clear, devoid of, without: castra, Cs.: Perque domos Ditis vacuas, V.: Aëra per vacuum ferri, V.: Acerrae, unpeopled, V.: agri, deserted, V.: partem aedium vacuam fecere, L.: aula, H.: equi, riderless, L.: lectus, O.: ossa vacuis exsucta medullis, Iu.: gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus: defensoribus moenia, L.: cultoribus agri, O.: Messana ab his rebus: oppidum ab defensoribus, without, Cs.: ager frugum vacuus, S.—As subst n., an empty space, vaeant place, void, vacuity: in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami, V.: per vacuum incurrere, H.— Fig., free, freed, clear, devoid of, without: animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus: Crimine nox vacua est, O.: hora nulla vacua a furto reperietur: ab odio, S.: censores vacui ab operum locandorum curā, L.: vacuas caedis habete manūs, O.: operum vacuus, H.: cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, L.—Free from labor, without business, at leisure, idle, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, not engrossed: quoniam vacui sumus, dicam: si es animo vacuo, expone: pedibus vacuis terere Porticum, O.: Cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes, V.: Rutilius animo vacuus, i. e. undisturbed, S.: Qui (te) semper vacuam sperat, i. e. heart-free, H.: Nec rursus iubeo, dum sit (domus Augusti) vacuissima, quaeras, i. e. till it is absolutely at leisure, O.—Of places, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed (poet.): Tibur, H.: tonsoris in umbrā, H.: mare, unguarded, Ta.—Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure: vacuos dies habere: vacuam noctem operi dedere, L.—Of women, free, unmarried, single: Hersilia, i. e. widowed, O.: Elige de vacuis, among the single, O.—Of possessions, free, vacant, without occupant, unappropriated: possessio regni, Cs.: prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum: Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi, Ta.—As subst n.: si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias, into the vacant property, H.—Empty, vain, worthless: tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem, H.
    * * *
    vacua, vacuum ADJ
    empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid of, free of

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  • 5 vacuum

    văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., in material sense.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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.

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  • 6 vacuus

    văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., in material sense.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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.

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  • 7 (chaos)

        (chaos)    abl. chaō, only acc, n., χάοσ, the unformed world, void, empty space: ingens, inane, O.—The formless mass of which the universe was made, chaos: a chao, since the creation, V.

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  • 8 inānitās

        inānitās ātis, f    [inanis], emptiness, empty space: per inanitatem ferri.—Fig., worthlessness. inanity: summa.

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  • 9 vacuitās

        vacuitās ātis, f    [vacuus], a being without, freedom, absence, exemption: omnis molestiae: ab angoribus.—Of office, a vacancy: consulum.
    * * *
    vacancy, empty space; absence of, freedom/exemption from; leisure, indolence

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  • 10 In vacuo

    Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > In vacuo

  • 11 lacuna

    I.
    a hole, empty space / pond, pool / deficiency, loss.
    II.
    missing letters, words, or phrases in a manuscript.

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  • 12 Chaos

    Chăŏs or Chăus, abl. Chao (other cases not used in the class. per.; gen. Chaï, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 664; dat. Chaï, Prisc. p. 720 P.), n., = Chaos.
    I.
    The boundless, empty space; as the kingdom of darkness, the Lower World:

    ingens,

    Ov. M. 10, 30; 14, 404; id. Ib. 84:

    inane,

    id. F. 4, 600:

    caecum,

    Sen. Med. 741; Stat. Th. 12, 772; Val. Fl. 7, 402;

    impersonated,

    masc., god of the Lower World, father of Erebos and Nox, Verg. A. 4, 510 (acc. Chaos); 6, 265; Quint. 3, 7, 8; cf.: Janus... edidit hos sonos;

    me Chaos antiqui, nam sum res prisca, vocabant,

    Ov. F. 1, 103.—
    B.
    Hence also, immeasurable darkness, deep obscurity:

    Cimmerium,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 92:

    horridum,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 3.—
    II.
    The confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made, chaos, Ov. M. 1, 7; 2, 299; Lact. 1, 5, 8; 2, 8, 8:

    a Chao,

    since the creation of the world, Verg. G. 4, 347.

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  • 13 Chaus

    Chăŏs or Chăus, abl. Chao (other cases not used in the class. per.; gen. Chaï, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 664; dat. Chaï, Prisc. p. 720 P.), n., = Chaos.
    I.
    The boundless, empty space; as the kingdom of darkness, the Lower World:

    ingens,

    Ov. M. 10, 30; 14, 404; id. Ib. 84:

    inane,

    id. F. 4, 600:

    caecum,

    Sen. Med. 741; Stat. Th. 12, 772; Val. Fl. 7, 402;

    impersonated,

    masc., god of the Lower World, father of Erebos and Nox, Verg. A. 4, 510 (acc. Chaos); 6, 265; Quint. 3, 7, 8; cf.: Janus... edidit hos sonos;

    me Chaos antiqui, nam sum res prisca, vocabant,

    Ov. F. 1, 103.—
    B.
    Hence also, immeasurable darkness, deep obscurity:

    Cimmerium,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 92:

    horridum,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 3.—
    II.
    The confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made, chaos, Ov. M. 1, 7; 2, 299; Lact. 1, 5, 8; 2, 8, 8:

    a Chao,

    since the creation of the world, Verg. G. 4, 347.

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  • 14 inanitas

    ĭnānĭtas, ātis, f. [inanis].
    I.
    Lit., emptiness, empty space (rare but class.):

    mihi inanitate Jamdudum intestina murmurant,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 5:

    per inanitatem ferri,

    Cic. Fat. 9, 18:

    oris,

    Quint. 1, 11, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., emptiness, uselessness, inanity (rare but class.):

    amputata circumcisaque inanitate omni,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    verborum et imaginum,

    Gell. 13, 8, 2.

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  • 15 vacuitas

    văcŭĭtas, ātis, f. [id.].
    I.
    Lit., concr., empty space, a vacancy, vacuity:

    interveniorum vacuitates,

    Vitr. 2, 7.—
    II.
    Transf., a being without, a freedom, absence, exemption from any thing (class.; cf. vacatio).
    1.
    With gen.:

    liberatio et vacuitas omnis molestiae,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    doloris,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 16; 2, 6, 18; 2, 11, 35;

    2, 12, 37: aegritudinis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 14, 42.—
    2.
    With ab and abl.:

    vacuitas ab angoribus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—
    B.
    Esp., a vacancy in an office: consulum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2.

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  • 16 vacantia

    văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., of space, etc.
    1.
    Absol.:

    quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 507; so,

    spatium,

    id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

    inane,

    id. 1, 520:

    villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

    Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

    maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

    to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

    ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

    Ov. M. 2, 256:

    odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

    id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

    haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—
    2.
    With abl. (so most freq.):

    illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

    mens vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

    hoste vacare domos,

    Verg. A. 3, 123:

    (domus) quae Igne vacet,

    Ov. M. 2, 764:

    custode vacans,

    id. ib. 2, 422:

    ora vacent epulis,

    i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —
    3.
    With ab:

    haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.
    1.
    With abl.:

    ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

    nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

    omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

    studiis,

    id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    curā et negotio,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    vitio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

    culpā,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

    criminibus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 34:

    febri,

    Cels. 2, 14 med.:

    morbis,

    Dig. 21, 1, 53:

    amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

    keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

    be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—
    2.
    With ab and abl.:

    nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

    (rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

    id. Deiot. 9, 27:

    a publico officio et munere,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

    ab opere (milites),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

    ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

    Liv. 7, 1:

    vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

    Col. 12, 3, 8:

    a culpā,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

    a periculo,

    id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

    a negotiis,

    Phaedr. 3 prol.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

    quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    si vacabis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    si forte vacas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—
    2.
    After the Aug. per. esp. freq.
    a.
    Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

    philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

    huic uni negotio vacare,

    Vell. 2, 114, 1:

    ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

    Curt. 6, 7, 21:

    paulum etiam palaestricis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 15:

    studio operis pulcherrimi,

    id. 12, 1, 4:

    foro,

    id. 10, 1, 114:

    clientium negotiis,

    Tac. A. 16, 22:

    non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

    Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

    have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

    dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—
    b.
    Vacare ad aliquid:

    non vaco ad istas ineptias,

    Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

    in grande opus,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

    sternere acies,

    Stat. Th. 8, 185.—
    c.
    Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    (α).
    With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

    tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

    Quint. 10, 1, 58:

    non vacabit incohare haec studia,

    id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—
    (β).
    With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

    nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

    non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

    nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

    id. M. 5, 334:

    obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

    Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    cui esse diserto vacet,

    id. 11, 1, 50:

    quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

    teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

    si vacat,

    Juv. 1, 21. —
    B.
    Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

    cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 42, 4, 3:

    fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

    Dig. 41, 3, 37:

    si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

    ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —
    2.
    Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

    si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

    rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

    id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

    locus,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

    metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

    Quint. 8, 6, 18:

    regnum,

    Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

    saltus,

    Verg. G. 3, 477:

    balneae,

    Tac. H. 3, 11:

    bona,

    Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

    ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

    Tac. A. 3, 28.—
    B.
    Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

    qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

    Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—
    C.
    Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

    nec petiit animum vacantem,

    Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

    vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

    Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

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  • 17 vaco

    văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., of space, etc.
    1.
    Absol.:

    quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 507; so,

    spatium,

    id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

    inane,

    id. 1, 520:

    villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

    Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

    maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

    to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

    ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

    Ov. M. 2, 256:

    odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

    id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

    haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—
    2.
    With abl. (so most freq.):

    illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

    mens vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

    hoste vacare domos,

    Verg. A. 3, 123:

    (domus) quae Igne vacet,

    Ov. M. 2, 764:

    custode vacans,

    id. ib. 2, 422:

    ora vacent epulis,

    i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —
    3.
    With ab:

    haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.
    1.
    With abl.:

    ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

    nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

    omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

    studiis,

    id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    curā et negotio,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    vitio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

    culpā,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

    criminibus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 34:

    febri,

    Cels. 2, 14 med.:

    morbis,

    Dig. 21, 1, 53:

    amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

    keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

    be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—
    2.
    With ab and abl.:

    nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

    (rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

    id. Deiot. 9, 27:

    a publico officio et munere,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

    ab opere (milites),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

    ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

    Liv. 7, 1:

    vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

    Col. 12, 3, 8:

    a culpā,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

    a periculo,

    id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

    a negotiis,

    Phaedr. 3 prol.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

    quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    si vacabis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    si forte vacas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—
    2.
    After the Aug. per. esp. freq.
    a.
    Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

    philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

    huic uni negotio vacare,

    Vell. 2, 114, 1:

    ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

    Curt. 6, 7, 21:

    paulum etiam palaestricis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 15:

    studio operis pulcherrimi,

    id. 12, 1, 4:

    foro,

    id. 10, 1, 114:

    clientium negotiis,

    Tac. A. 16, 22:

    non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

    Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

    have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

    dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—
    b.
    Vacare ad aliquid:

    non vaco ad istas ineptias,

    Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

    in grande opus,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

    sternere acies,

    Stat. Th. 8, 185.—
    c.
    Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    (α).
    With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

    tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

    Quint. 10, 1, 58:

    non vacabit incohare haec studia,

    id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—
    (β).
    With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

    nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

    non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

    nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

    id. M. 5, 334:

    obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

    Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    cui esse diserto vacet,

    id. 11, 1, 50:

    quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

    teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

    si vacat,

    Juv. 1, 21. —
    B.
    Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

    cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 42, 4, 3:

    fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

    Dig. 41, 3, 37:

    si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

    ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —
    2.
    Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

    si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

    rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

    id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

    locus,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

    metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

    Quint. 8, 6, 18:

    regnum,

    Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

    saltus,

    Verg. G. 3, 477:

    balneae,

    Tac. H. 3, 11:

    bona,

    Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

    ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

    Tac. A. 3, 28.—
    B.
    Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

    qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

    Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—
    C.
    Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

    nec petiit animum vacantem,

    Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

    vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

    Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

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