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  • 1 cassus

        cassus adj.    [1 CAR-], empty, void, hollow. nux, a nut-shell, H.: canna, hollow, O.: sanguine, bloodless: lumine, i. e. dead, V.: luminis ensis.— Fig., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless: quiddam: vota, V.: fertilitas terrae, O.: in cassum preces mittere, vainly, L.
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    I
    cassa, cassum ADJ
    hollow/empty/devoid of, lacking; useless/fruitless/vain
    II
    fall, overthrow; chance/fortune; accident, emergency, calamity, plight; fate

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  • 2 īn-frūctuōsus

        īn-frūctuōsus adj.,    fruitless, unprofitable: militia, Ta.

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  • 3 sterilis

        sterilis e, adj.    [1 STAR-], unfruitful, barren, sterile, unproductive: avenae, V.: herba, O.: agri, V.: tellus, O.: palus, H.: Robigo, causing sterility, H.: amor, i. e. unrequited, O.: amicus, unprofitable, Iu.: virtutum sterile saeculum, Ta.
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    sterilis, sterile ADJ
    barren, sterile; fruitless; unprofitable, futile

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  • 4 vānus

        vānus adj. with comp. and (late) sup.    [VAC-], containing nothing, empty, void, vacant: illos seges vanis elusit avenis, V.: vanior iam erat hostium acies, L.: acies, i. e. weak, Cu.: Num vanae redeat sanguis imagini! unsubstantial, H.—Fig., empty, idle, null, groundless, unmeaning, fruitless, vain: falsum aut vanum aut finctum (opp. vera), T.: oratio: verba, O.: armorum agitatio, L.: metus, H.: Spes, O.: ira, L.: pugna effectu quam conatibus vanior, L.—Vainglorious, ostentatious, boastful, vain: ingenio, L.—False, lying, deceptive, delusive, untrustworthy: vanus et perfidiosus et impius: vanus mendaxque, V.: non vani senes, i. e. veracious, O.: oratio: ingenium dictatoris, weak, wavering, L.: aut ego (i. e. Iuno) veri Vana feror, V.: vanissimi cuiusque ludibrium, Cu.
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    vana, vanum ADJ
    empty, vain; false, untrustworthy

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  • 5 cado

    cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

    opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

    imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 258:

    cadit in terras vis flammea,

    id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

    in patrios pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

    omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

    in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

    prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

    Liv. 1, 58, 11:

    cadit in vultus,

    Ov. M. 5, 292:

    in pectus,

    id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

    ad terras,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

    ad terram,

    Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

    a summo cadere,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

    a mento cadit manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 20:

    aves ab alto,

    Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

    ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

    Lucr. 6, 824:

    ex arbore,

    Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

    cecidisse de equo dicitur,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    cadere de equo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

    de manibus arma cecidissent,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

    de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

    cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

    Verg. E. 1, 84:

    de caelo,

    Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

    de matre (i. e. nasci),

    Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 2, 222:

    per aquas,

    id. 2, 230:

    per salebras altaque saxa,

    Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

    imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

    folia nunc cadunt,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

    ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

    id. 6, 415:

    cadens nix,

    id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

    velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

    cadentem Sustinuisse,

    id. M. 8, 148:

    saepius, of epileptics,

    Plin. Val. 12, 58:

    casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

    Quint. 12, 10, 73.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

    oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

    Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

    soli subjecta cadenti arva,

    Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

    quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

    Arcturus cadens,

    id. C. 3, 1, 27.—
    b.
    To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

    nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

    dentes cadere imperat aetas,

    Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

    pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

    Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

    barba,

    Verg. E. 1, 29:

    quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

    id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

    lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

    Ov. M. 7, 541:

    saetae,

    id. ib. 14, 303:

    quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

    Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

    poma,

    Ov. M. 7, 586:

    cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

    id. ib. 14, 350:

    elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

    id. ib. 9, 571:

    et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

    id. ib. 4, 229.—
    c.
    Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

    amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

    Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

    flumina in pontum cadent,

    Sen. Med. 406:

    flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

    tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

    Curt. 6, 4, 6.—
    d.
    Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

    illud, quod cecidit forte,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—
    e.
    Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—
    f.
    Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—
    B.
    In a more restricted sense.
    1.
    To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

    cadere in plano,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

    deorsum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

    uspiam,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

    Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

    dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

    Quint. 8, 5, 32:

    sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82:

    cadere supinus,

    id. Aug. 43 fin.:

    in pectus pronus,

    Ov. M. 4, 579:

    cadunt toti montes,

    Lucr. 6, 546:

    radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

    Cat. 64, 109:

    concussae cadunt urbes,

    Lucr. 5, 1236:

    casura moenia Troum,

    Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

    multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

    Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

    bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

    their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

    ceciderunt artus,

    id. 3, 453:

    sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

    Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

    oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

    patriae cecidere manus,

    Verg. A. 6, 33:

    cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

    cecidere illis animique manusque,

    Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—
    2.
    In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

    hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

    aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

    pauci de nostris cadunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

    optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

    Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    per acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 2:

    pro patriā,

    Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    ante diem,

    Verg. A. 4, 620:

    bipenni,

    Ov. M. 12, 611:

    ense,

    Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

    inque pio cadit officio,

    Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

    suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

    Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

    suā manu cecidit,

    fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

    exitu voluntario,

    id. H. 1, 40:

    muliebri fraude cadere,

    id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

    manu femineā,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

    femineo Marte,

    Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

    a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

    Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

    barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—
    b.
    Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

    multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 334:

    si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—
    3.
    In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—
    4.
    Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

    sub sensus cadere nostros,

    i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

    sub sensum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

    sub oculos,

    id. Or. 3, 9:

    in conspectum,

    to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

    sub aurium mensuram,

    id. Or. 20, 67:

    sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

    ad servitia,

    Liv. 1, 40, 3:

    utrorum ad regna,

    Lucr. 3, 836; so,

    sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

    Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

    in potestatem unius,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

    in cogitationem,

    to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

    in hominum disceptationem,

    id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    in deliberationem,

    id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    in offensionem alicujus,

    id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

    in morbum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

    in suspitionem alicujus,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

    in calumniam,

    Quint. 9, 4, 57:

    abrupte cadere in narrationem,

    id. 4, 1, 79:

    in peccatum,

    Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—
    B.
    In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

    non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

    Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

    cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

    qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

    id. Or. 56, 188:

    neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

    id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

    heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

    Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

    9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

    id. 2, 17, 32:

    in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—
    C.
    To fall upon a definite time (rare):

    considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

    in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).
    1.
    Alicui:

    nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

    hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

    insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

    mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

    sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

    Verg. G. 4, 165:

    haec aliis maledicta cadant,

    Tib. 1, 6, 85:

    neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

    Prop. 1, 10, 24:

    ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—
    2.
    Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

    Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

    how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

    aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

    Flor. 2, 4, 5:

    cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

    had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

    sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

    id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

    cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

    Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

    ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

    Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

    multa. fortuito in melius casura,

    Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

    si non omnia caderent secunda,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

    vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

    are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—
    3.
    With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

    omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

    ad irritum cadens spes,

    Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

    in irritum,

    id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

    ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

    Liv. 2, 31, 5:

    haud irritae cecidere minae,

    id. 6, 35, 10.—
    E.
    To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

    cadunt vires,

    Lucr. 5, 410:

    mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

    Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),
    F. 1.
    In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

    turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    tanta civitas, si cadet,

    id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

    huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 13:

    non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

    Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

    amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

    animus,

    to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

    non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

    to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

    tam graviter,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

    magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    alte enim cadere non potest,

    id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

    causā cadere,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

    formulā cadere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

    ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

    cadere,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

    criminibus repetundarum,

    id. ib. 1, 77:

    conjurationis crimine,

    id. A. 6, 14:

    ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

    remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

    at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

    Prop. 1, 16, 34:

    multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

    to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

    the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

    cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

    Ov. M. 8, 2:

    ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

    Liv. 29, 27, 10:

    cadente jam Euro,

    id. 25, 27, 11:

    venti vis omnis cecidit,

    id. 26, 39, 8:

    ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

    id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

    sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

    Verg. A. 1, 154:

    ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

    id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—
    G.
    Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

    verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

    plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

    Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

    apto cadens oratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32:

    numerus opportune cadens,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

    id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

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  • 6 cassa

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 7 cassum

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 8 cassus

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 9 cretio

    crētĭo, ōnis, f. [cerno, II.]; jurid. t. t., the format declaration by the heir of his intention to enter upon his inheritance.
    I.
    Prop., Gai Inst. 2, § 7; 2, 164 sqq.; 2, 171 sqq.; Ulp. Fragm. 22, 25 sqq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.: simplex, fruitless, i. e. where there is no property, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4:

    libera,

    without restrictions by the testator, id. ib. 13, 46, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 101 al.—
    II.
    Meton., an inheritance, Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95 fin.

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  • 10 frustror

    frustror, ātus, 1, v. dep.; also: fru-stro, āre, 1, v. a. [frustra], to deceive, disappoint, trick, frustrate (syn.: decipio, deludo, fraudo, fallo, etc.).
    I.
    Lit. (class.).
    (α).
    In the dep. form:

    nescio quis praestigiator hanc frustratur mulierem,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 200:

    aut certare cum aliis pugnaciter aut frustrari cum alios, tum etiam me ipsum velim,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

    ne frustretur ipse se,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 14:

    se ipsum,

    Nep. Hann. 2, 6: o bone, ne te Frustrere;

    insanis et tu,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 32:

    Tarquinios spe auxilii,

    Liv. 2, 15, 5:

    Cloelia frustrata custodes,

    id. 2, 13, 6:

    saepe jam me spes frustrata est,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 37; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1; cf.:

    sat adhuc tua nos frustrata est fides,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 11:

    exspectationem frustrari et differre,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 2:

    improbas spes hominum,

    id. ib. 8, 18, 3:

    spem mercantium (opp. explere),

    Suet. Aug. 75:

    frustratus vincula,

    i. e. escaped from them, Sol. 1.— Poet.:

    o numquam frustrata vocatus hasta meos,

    hast never deceived me invoking thee, Verg. A. 12, 95; cf. Stat. S. 1, 2, 62: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantes, deceives, i. e. dies away from their lips, Verg. A. 6, 493.— Absol.:

    Cocceius vide ne frustretur,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 3; Lucr. 4, 571.—
    (β).
    In the act. form:

    non frustrabo vos, milites, Caes. Fragm. ap. Diomed. p. 395 P.: atque i se quom frustrant, frustrari alios stolidi existumant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 19; Liv. 7, 38, 9; cf.: qui ventrem frustrarunt suum, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 18:

    frustrantia dona,

    fruitless, bootless, Prud. Apoth. 640. — Pass.: frustramur, irridemur, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: ignavissimi quique tenuissima spe frustrantur, Sall. Or. Licin. med.; so,

    frustratus spe continuandi consulatus,

    Vell. 2, 21, 2; for which: frustratus a spe, Fenest. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    variis dilationibus frustratus,

    Just. 8, 3, 9.—With gen.:

    captionis versutae et excogitatae frustratus,

    Gell. 5, 10, 16.—
    II.
    Transf., to make vain, of no effect, or useless (post-Aug. and very rare):

    imprudenter facta opera frustrantur impensas,

    Col. 1, 1, 2; cf.

    laborem, id. praef. § 22: in se implicati arborum rami lento vimine frustrabantur ictus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 8.

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  • 11 infructuosus

    in-fructŭōsus, a, um, adj., unfruitful (post-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vites,

    Col. Arb. 8, 4:

    cultura,

    id. 11, 2, 32. —
    II.
    Trop., fruitless, useless:

    preces,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23:

    epistula,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 19 fin.:

    militia,

    Tac. H. 1, 51.— Adv.: infructŭōsē, fruitlessly, uselessly, Hier. Ep. 12, n. 16; Aug. Ep. 67, n. 6.— Comp., Sid. Ep. 1, 9.

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  • 12 inritus

    1.
    irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

    quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

    Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

    testamentum irritum facere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

    testamentum pro irrito habere,

    Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

    injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

    quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

    id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    omnia ab iis acta,

    Vell. 2, 43, 1:

    pacta,

    Sil. 6, 696:

    Tiberii voluntas,

    Suet. Calig. 14:

    somnia,

    of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

    Remus aves irritas habuit,

    Gell. 13, 14.—
    B.
    Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

    ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

    inceptum,

    Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

    dona,

    Verg. G. 4, 519:

    tela,

    id. A. 2, 459:

    moenia,

    Ov. M. 12, 587:

    labor anni,

    id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    verba,

    Ov. R. Am. 286:

    tua dicta factaque,

    Cat. 30, 10:

    spes,

    Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

    oblivio,

    Liv. 28, 29:

    lingua (Cassandrae),

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

    remedium,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    preces,

    Plin. Pan. 26:

    ova,

    fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—
    II.
    Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    irritus legationis,

    Tac. H. 4, 32:

    consilii,

    Vell. 2, 63, 2:

    propositi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

    spei,

    vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

    incepti,

    Sil. 7, 131.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    variis assultibus irritus urget,

    Verg. A. 5, 442:

    venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

    without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

    irriti legati remittuntur,

    Tac. A. 15, 25:

    domum irritus rediit,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

    discedere irritum putebat,

    Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

    spes ad irritum redacta,

    Liv. 28, 31:

    spes ad irritum cadens,

    id. 2, 6:

    victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 26:

    cecidisse in inritum labores,

    id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

    irrita dicere,

    useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.
    2.
    irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

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  • 13 irritum

    1.
    irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

    quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

    Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

    testamentum irritum facere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

    testamentum pro irrito habere,

    Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

    injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

    quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

    id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    omnia ab iis acta,

    Vell. 2, 43, 1:

    pacta,

    Sil. 6, 696:

    Tiberii voluntas,

    Suet. Calig. 14:

    somnia,

    of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

    Remus aves irritas habuit,

    Gell. 13, 14.—
    B.
    Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

    ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

    inceptum,

    Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

    dona,

    Verg. G. 4, 519:

    tela,

    id. A. 2, 459:

    moenia,

    Ov. M. 12, 587:

    labor anni,

    id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    verba,

    Ov. R. Am. 286:

    tua dicta factaque,

    Cat. 30, 10:

    spes,

    Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

    oblivio,

    Liv. 28, 29:

    lingua (Cassandrae),

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

    remedium,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    preces,

    Plin. Pan. 26:

    ova,

    fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—
    II.
    Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    irritus legationis,

    Tac. H. 4, 32:

    consilii,

    Vell. 2, 63, 2:

    propositi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

    spei,

    vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

    incepti,

    Sil. 7, 131.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    variis assultibus irritus urget,

    Verg. A. 5, 442:

    venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

    without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

    irriti legati remittuntur,

    Tac. A. 15, 25:

    domum irritus rediit,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

    discedere irritum putebat,

    Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

    spes ad irritum redacta,

    Liv. 28, 31:

    spes ad irritum cadens,

    id. 2, 6:

    victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 26:

    cecidisse in inritum labores,

    id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

    irrita dicere,

    useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.
    2.
    irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

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  • 14 irritus

    1.
    irrĭtus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. inratus], invalid.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Undecided, unfixed, void, of no effect:

    quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

    Ter. Phorm, 4, 7, 58:

    testamentum irritum facere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

    testamentum pro irrito habere,

    Suet. Tib. 51; Gai. Inst. 2, 146 sq.; Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 14:

    injurias rescindere et irritas facere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

    quaeque augur injusta, nefasta, vitiosa, dira, defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto,

    id. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    omnia ab iis acta,

    Vell. 2, 43, 1:

    pacta,

    Sil. 6, 696:

    Tiberii voluntas,

    Suet. Calig. 14:

    somnia,

    of no significance, id. Aug. 91:

    Remus aves irritas habuit,

    Gell. 13, 14.—
    B.
    Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual:

    ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 10:

    inceptum,

    Liv. 29, 35; 24, 19:

    dona,

    Verg. G. 4, 519:

    tela,

    id. A. 2, 459:

    moenia,

    Ov. M. 12, 587:

    labor anni,

    id. ib. 1, 273; Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    verba,

    Ov. R. Am. 286:

    tua dicta factaque,

    Cat. 30, 10:

    spes,

    Liv. 22, 20; Stat. Th. 10, 45:

    oblivio,

    Liv. 28, 29:

    lingua (Cassandrae),

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 66:

    remedium,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    preces,

    Plin. Pan. 26:

    ova,

    fruitless, infertile, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 160.—
    II.
    Transf., of persons, that does or undertakes a thing in vain, to no purpose, without effect.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    irritus legationis,

    Tac. H. 4, 32:

    consilii,

    Vell. 2, 63, 2:

    propositi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 [p. 1003] ext.:

    spei,

    vainly hoping, Curt. 6, 5, 31:

    incepti,

    Sil. 7, 131.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    variis assultibus irritus urget,

    Verg. A. 5, 442:

    venit et e templis irrita turba domum,

    without a response, Tib. 2, 3, 22:

    irriti legati remittuntur,

    Tac. A. 15, 25:

    domum irritus rediit,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 11:

    discedere irritum putebat,

    Curt. 4, 4, 2: irritus qui habebatur, laudabatur, good for nothing, Cat. ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2.— Subst.: irrĭtum, i, n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness:

    spes ad irritum redacta,

    Liv. 28, 31:

    spes ad irritum cadens,

    id. 2, 6:

    victoria ad inritum revolvebatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 26:

    cecidisse in inritum labores,

    id. ib. 3, 53 fin.:

    irrita dicere,

    useless words, Ov. M. 11, 40.— Adv.: irrĭtē, in vain, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4; 12, 2.
    2.
    irrītus, ūs, m., v. hirritus.

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  • 15 sterilis

    stĕrĭlis, e (collat. form, acc. sing. fem sterilam sterilem, Fest. p. 316 Müll.; neutr. plur. sterila, Lucr. 2, 845; abl. sterile, Apic. 7, 1, § 258), adj. [Gr. stereos, hard; steriphê, steira, barren; Sanscr. starī, vacca sterilis], unfruitful, barren, sterile, of plants and animals (class. and very freq.;

    syn infecundus): steriles nascuntur avenae,

    Verg. E. 5, 37; so,

    ulvae,

    Ov. M. 4, 299:

    herba,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 31; Curt. 4, 1, 21:

    platani,

    Verg. G. 2, 70:

    agri,

    id. ib. 1, 84; id. A. 3, 141:

    tellus,

    Ov. M. 8, 789:

    palus,

    Hor. A. P. 65:

    harena,

    Verg. G. 1, 70:

    humus,

    Prop. 3, 2 (2, 11), 2; Curt. 7, 5, 34:

    solum,

    id. 3, 4, 3:

    steriles nimium crasso sunt semine,

    Lucr. 4, 1240; Cat. 67, 26:

    galli Tanagric' ad partus sunt steriliores,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6:

    vacca,

    Verg. A. 6, 251:

    multae (mulie res),

    Lucr. 4, 1251:

    viri,

    i. e. eunuchs, Cat. 63, 69; Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 78; Mart. 9, 9, 8:

    ova,

    Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 166.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
    1.
    Of things, causing unfruitfulness or sterility:

    rubigo,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 6:

    frigus,

    Luc. 4, 108:

    hiems,

    Mart. 8, 68, 10:

    serere pampinariis sterile est,

    produces sterility, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 157.—
    2.
    In gen., barren, bare, empty:

    manus,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 3:

    sterilis amator a datis,

    bare of gifts, id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

    amicus,

    Juv. 12, 97; Mart. 10, 18, 3:

    epistulae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 2:

    saeculum,

    id. ib. 5, 17, 6:

    civitas ad aquas,

    App. M. 1, p. 106 fin.:

    vadum,

    Sen. Thyest. 173:

    corpora sonitu (with jejuna succo),

    that yield no sound, Lucr. 2, 845:

    prospectus,

    without human beings, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    domus,

    without children, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 62:

    nummi,

    that do not bear interest, Dig. 22, 1, 7.—With gen.:

    sterilis laurus baccarum,

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130:

    lapides plumbi,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.—
    II.
    Trop., unproductive, unprofitable, fruitless, useless, vain:

    Februarius,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2:

    quod monumentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile, aut vacuum laude?

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

    ne sit sterile et effetum (saeculum),

    id. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

    fama (with cassa),

    Stat. Th. 6, 70:

    labor,

    Mart. 10, 58, 8:

    pax,

    Tac. A. 1, 17:

    amor,

    i. e. unreturned, unrequited, Ov. M. 1, 496; Stat. S. 3, 4, 42:

    cathedrae,

    unprofitable, Mart. 1, 76, 14; Juv. 7, 203:

    litus sterili versamus aratro,

    id. 7, 49.—With gen., destitute, deprived of, unacquainted with:

    urbes talium studiorum fuere steriles,

    Vell. 1, 18 fin.:

    non adeo virtutum sterile saeculum,

    Tac. H. 1, 3:

    heu steriles veri!

    Pers. 5, 75.

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  • 16 vanum

    vānus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. vaco], that contains nothing, empty, void. vacant.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic.): sed illos Exspectata seges vanis elusit aristis,

    Verg. G. 1, 226:

    leve ac vanum granum,

    Col. 2, 9, 13:

    ne vana urbis magnitudo esset,

    Liv. 1, 8, 5:

    vanior jam erat hostium acies,

    id. 2, 47, 4:

    videtis ordines raros, cornua extenta, mediam aciem vanam et exhaustam,

    Curt. 4, 14, 14:

    vanam aciem esse ratus,

    i. e. thin, weak, id. 4, 14, 8: non vanae redeat sanguis imagini, i. e. to the shade of the dead (so called as being without a body), Hor. C. 1, 24, 15; 3, 27, 41.—
    II.
    Trop., empty as to purport or result, idle, null, groundless, unmeaning, fruitless, vain (freq. and class.): omnes dant consilium vanum, Enn. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 419 Vahl.):

    falsum aut vanum aut fictum (opp. vera),

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 24:

    oratio,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98: vana quaedam atque inania polliceri. id. Planc. 42, 101:

    vana falsaque,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, §

    14: res tumida, vana, ventosa,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 11:

    orationi vanae crediderunt,

    idle, delusive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    non bellum sed vanam imaginem belli insedisse,

    Liv. 3, 16, 5:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 13, 263:

    convicia,

    id. ib. 9, 303:

    historiae,

    Quint. 1, 8, 20:

    argumentum,

    id. 7, 2, 34:

    error,

    Lucr. 1, 1068:

    agitatio armorum,

    Liv. 7, 10, 8:

    metus,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 3; Ov. H. 16, 342:

    gaudia,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 188:

    spes,

    Ov. M. 14, 364:

    ira,

    Val. Fl. 8, 374; Liv. 1, 10, 4:

    fides,

    Verg. A. 4, 12:

    omen,

    Ov. M. 2, 597:

    vox auguris,

    id. ib. 3, 349:

    cuspis,

    id. ib. 8, 346:

    pila omnia,

    Liv. 7, 23, 8:

    pleraque tela,

    id. 30, 10, 13:

    ensis,

    id. 7, 10, 9:

    ictus,

    id. 34, 39, 2:

    promissa,

    Tac. A. 3, 16:

    vana et irrita testamenta,

    Suet. Calig. 38:

    vaniore dicendi genere inflata (gens),

    Quint. 12, 10, 17:

    sententiarum vanissimus strepitus,

    Petr. 1.—With abl.:

    postquam equestris pugna effectu quam conatibus vanior erat,

    Liv. 7, 7, 8:

    oratio non suis vana laudibus, non crimine alieno laeta,

    id. 4, 41, 1.—
    2.
    Subst.: vānum, i, n., emptiness, nothingness, naught:

    ad vanum et irritum redacta victoria,

    brought to nothing, Liv. 26, 37, 8:

    nec tota ex vano criminatio erat,

    i. e. groundless, without cause, id. 33, 31, 4:

    ex vano habere spem,

    id. 27, 26, 1:

    cedit labor in vanum,

    Sen. Hippol. 182. — Plur.:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37, 6.— Neutr. plur. adverb.:

    ut vidit (Arruntem) laetantem animis ac vana tumentem,

    i. e. vainly, with vain show, Verg. A. 11, 854.—With gen.:

    corruptus vanis rerum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 25:

    vana rumoris,

    Tac. A. 4, 59.—
    3.
    Vanum est, with subject-clause:

    vanum arbitror esse circa canis ortum angues candidos membranam eam exuere,

    Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25.—
    B.
    Transf., of persons, false, lying, deceptive, delusive, untrustworthy:

    vanus et perfidiosus et impius,

    false, Cic. Quint. 6, 26:

    vanus mendaxque,

    Verg. A. 2, 80:

    haruspices,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36:

    haec mihi non vani (neque erat cur fallere vellent) Narravere senes,

    i. e. veracious, Ov. M. 8, 721; cf.:

    ingenium dictatoris,

    Liv. 1, 27, 1:

    vane Ligus frustraque animis elate superbis,

    Verg. A. 11, 715:

    vir omnium vanissimus,

    Vell. 2, 30, 1:

    invidia vulgi vanum ingenium dictatoris corrupit,

    weak, wavering, Liv. 1, 27, 1:

    ne irrisus ac vanus iisdem castris assideret, etc.,

    in vain, Tac. H. 2, 22 fin. —With gen.:

    aut ego (i. e. Juno) veri Vana feror,

    Verg. A. 10, 631:

    voti vanus,

    i. e. deceived, Sil. 12, 261:

    turba vana sanctitudinis,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp., vainglorious, ostentatious, boastful, vain:

    Cn. Lentulus perincertum stolidior an vanior,

    Sall. H. 4, 35 Dietsch ad loc.:

    laudare se vani, vituperare stulti est,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 8.—With abl.:

    hunc ingenio vanum Aetoli inpulerant in spem regni,

    Liv. 35, 47, 7.—Hence, adv.: vānē, idly, vainly (post-class.):

    vane gaudere,

    Tert. Apol. 49:

    vanius excogitatum,

    App. Mag. p. 300, 41:

    praecavere vanissime,

    Tert. Pud. 1.

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  • 17 vanus

    vānus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. vaco], that contains nothing, empty, void. vacant.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic.): sed illos Exspectata seges vanis elusit aristis,

    Verg. G. 1, 226:

    leve ac vanum granum,

    Col. 2, 9, 13:

    ne vana urbis magnitudo esset,

    Liv. 1, 8, 5:

    vanior jam erat hostium acies,

    id. 2, 47, 4:

    videtis ordines raros, cornua extenta, mediam aciem vanam et exhaustam,

    Curt. 4, 14, 14:

    vanam aciem esse ratus,

    i. e. thin, weak, id. 4, 14, 8: non vanae redeat sanguis imagini, i. e. to the shade of the dead (so called as being without a body), Hor. C. 1, 24, 15; 3, 27, 41.—
    II.
    Trop., empty as to purport or result, idle, null, groundless, unmeaning, fruitless, vain (freq. and class.): omnes dant consilium vanum, Enn. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 419 Vahl.):

    falsum aut vanum aut fictum (opp. vera),

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 24:

    oratio,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98: vana quaedam atque inania polliceri. id. Planc. 42, 101:

    vana falsaque,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, §

    14: res tumida, vana, ventosa,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 11:

    orationi vanae crediderunt,

    idle, delusive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    non bellum sed vanam imaginem belli insedisse,

    Liv. 3, 16, 5:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 13, 263:

    convicia,

    id. ib. 9, 303:

    historiae,

    Quint. 1, 8, 20:

    argumentum,

    id. 7, 2, 34:

    error,

    Lucr. 1, 1068:

    agitatio armorum,

    Liv. 7, 10, 8:

    metus,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 3; Ov. H. 16, 342:

    gaudia,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 188:

    spes,

    Ov. M. 14, 364:

    ira,

    Val. Fl. 8, 374; Liv. 1, 10, 4:

    fides,

    Verg. A. 4, 12:

    omen,

    Ov. M. 2, 597:

    vox auguris,

    id. ib. 3, 349:

    cuspis,

    id. ib. 8, 346:

    pila omnia,

    Liv. 7, 23, 8:

    pleraque tela,

    id. 30, 10, 13:

    ensis,

    id. 7, 10, 9:

    ictus,

    id. 34, 39, 2:

    promissa,

    Tac. A. 3, 16:

    vana et irrita testamenta,

    Suet. Calig. 38:

    vaniore dicendi genere inflata (gens),

    Quint. 12, 10, 17:

    sententiarum vanissimus strepitus,

    Petr. 1.—With abl.:

    postquam equestris pugna effectu quam conatibus vanior erat,

    Liv. 7, 7, 8:

    oratio non suis vana laudibus, non crimine alieno laeta,

    id. 4, 41, 1.—
    2.
    Subst.: vānum, i, n., emptiness, nothingness, naught:

    ad vanum et irritum redacta victoria,

    brought to nothing, Liv. 26, 37, 8:

    nec tota ex vano criminatio erat,

    i. e. groundless, without cause, id. 33, 31, 4:

    ex vano habere spem,

    id. 27, 26, 1:

    cedit labor in vanum,

    Sen. Hippol. 182. — Plur.:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37, 6.— Neutr. plur. adverb.:

    ut vidit (Arruntem) laetantem animis ac vana tumentem,

    i. e. vainly, with vain show, Verg. A. 11, 854.—With gen.:

    corruptus vanis rerum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 25:

    vana rumoris,

    Tac. A. 4, 59.—
    3.
    Vanum est, with subject-clause:

    vanum arbitror esse circa canis ortum angues candidos membranam eam exuere,

    Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25.—
    B.
    Transf., of persons, false, lying, deceptive, delusive, untrustworthy:

    vanus et perfidiosus et impius,

    false, Cic. Quint. 6, 26:

    vanus mendaxque,

    Verg. A. 2, 80:

    haruspices,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36:

    haec mihi non vani (neque erat cur fallere vellent) Narravere senes,

    i. e. veracious, Ov. M. 8, 721; cf.:

    ingenium dictatoris,

    Liv. 1, 27, 1:

    vane Ligus frustraque animis elate superbis,

    Verg. A. 11, 715:

    vir omnium vanissimus,

    Vell. 2, 30, 1:

    invidia vulgi vanum ingenium dictatoris corrupit,

    weak, wavering, Liv. 1, 27, 1:

    ne irrisus ac vanus iisdem castris assideret, etc.,

    in vain, Tac. H. 2, 22 fin. —With gen.:

    aut ego (i. e. Juno) veri Vana feror,

    Verg. A. 10, 631:

    voti vanus,

    i. e. deceived, Sil. 12, 261:

    turba vana sanctitudinis,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp., vainglorious, ostentatious, boastful, vain:

    Cn. Lentulus perincertum stolidior an vanior,

    Sall. H. 4, 35 Dietsch ad loc.:

    laudare se vani, vituperare stulti est,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 8.—With abl.:

    hunc ingenio vanum Aetoli inpulerant in spem regni,

    Liv. 35, 47, 7.—Hence, adv.: vānē, idly, vainly (post-class.):

    vane gaudere,

    Tert. Apol. 49:

    vanius excogitatum,

    App. Mag. p. 300, 41:

    praecavere vanissime,

    Tert. Pud. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vanus

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