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  • 1 futile

    fūtĭle, etc., v. futtĭle, etc.

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  • 2 fūtile, fūtilis, fūtilitās

       fūtile, fūtilis, fūtilitās    see futti-.

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  • 3 Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione quadraturae circuli

    • Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544)

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  • 4 cadūcus

        cadūcus adj.    [1 CAD-], that falls, that has fallen, falling, fallen: frondes, V.: lacrimae, O.: poma, Pr.: lignum In domini caput, H.: fulmen, hurled, H.: bello caduci Dardanidae, fallen in war, V.: iuvenis, destined to die, V.—Inclined to fall, that easily falls: vitis, quae naturā caduca est.— Fig., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain: res humanae: fragile et caducum (opp. stabile et firmum): spes, futile, O.: preces, ineffectual, O.— In law, lapsed, vacant, having no heir: hereditates; hence, doctrinae possessio quasi caduca.—As subst n., property without an heir, an unowned estate: dulce, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    caduca, caducum ADJ
    escheatable, (property) that heir/legatee does/can not take (goes to state)
    II
    caduca, caducum ADJ
    ready to fall; tottering/unsteady; falling, fallen; doomed; perishable; futile

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  • 5 nūgātōrius

        nūgātōrius adj.    [nugator], trifling, worthless, useless, futile: ad probandum res: alqd valde.
    * * *
    nugatoria, nugatorium ADJ
    trifling, worthless, futile, paltry

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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 futilis

    futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. [fundo; cf. futis], that easily pours out.
    I.
    Lit., only subst.: futtĭle, is, n., a water-vessel, broad above and pointed below, used at sacrifices to Vesta and Ceres, Don. Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19; Schol. Stat. Th. 8, 297; Schol. Hor. A. P. 231; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 339.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., that can not contain (very rare):

    canes,

    that void their excrement through fear, Phaedr. 4, 18, 33:

    glacies,

    brittle, Verg. A. 12, 740.—
    B.
    Trop., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile (class.;

    syn.: frivolus, vanus, levis): servon fortunas meas me commisisse futtili!

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

    irrideamus haruspices: vanos, futtiles esse dicamus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36; and:

    quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles?

    id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    locutores (with leves et importuni),

    Gell. 1, 15, 1:

    auctor,

    Verg. A. 11, 339:

    competitores,

    Gell. 4, 8, 4; Enn. ap. Non. 511, 6 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

    futtiles commenticiaeque sententiae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18; cf.:

    dicit quaedam futtilia et frivola,

    Gell. 16, 12, 1:

    opes ejus, quae futiles et conruptae sunt,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 20 Dietsch:

    alacritas,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

    laetitiae,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    et caducum tempus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    lingua,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

    de causa,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32:

    nec futilis ictus,

    Sil. 15, 797.— Hence, adv., in vain, idly, uselessly (anteand post-class.).
    1.
    Form futtĭle: factum futtile, Enn. ap. Non. 514, 14 (Trag. v. 350 Vahl.):

    provenisti,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 73 Ritschl.—
    2.
    Form futtĭlĭter:

    blaterata,

    App. Mag. p. 275:

    futile futtiliter,

    Non. 514, 13.

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  • 10 futtilis

    futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. [fundo; cf. futis], that easily pours out.
    I.
    Lit., only subst.: futtĭle, is, n., a water-vessel, broad above and pointed below, used at sacrifices to Vesta and Ceres, Don. Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19; Schol. Stat. Th. 8, 297; Schol. Hor. A. P. 231; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 339.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., that can not contain (very rare):

    canes,

    that void their excrement through fear, Phaedr. 4, 18, 33:

    glacies,

    brittle, Verg. A. 12, 740.—
    B.
    Trop., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile (class.;

    syn.: frivolus, vanus, levis): servon fortunas meas me commisisse futtili!

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

    irrideamus haruspices: vanos, futtiles esse dicamus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36; and:

    quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles?

    id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    locutores (with leves et importuni),

    Gell. 1, 15, 1:

    auctor,

    Verg. A. 11, 339:

    competitores,

    Gell. 4, 8, 4; Enn. ap. Non. 511, 6 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

    futtiles commenticiaeque sententiae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18; cf.:

    dicit quaedam futtilia et frivola,

    Gell. 16, 12, 1:

    opes ejus, quae futiles et conruptae sunt,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 20 Dietsch:

    alacritas,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

    laetitiae,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    et caducum tempus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    lingua,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

    de causa,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32:

    nec futilis ictus,

    Sil. 15, 797.— Hence, adv., in vain, idly, uselessly (anteand post-class.).
    1.
    Form futtĭle: factum futtile, Enn. ap. Non. 514, 14 (Trag. v. 350 Vahl.):

    provenisti,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 73 Ritschl.—
    2.
    Form futtĭlĭter:

    blaterata,

    App. Mag. p. 275:

    futile futtiliter,

    Non. 514, 13.

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  • 11 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.
    * * *
    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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  • 12 dēlectātiō

        dēlectātiō ōnis, f    [delecto], a delighting, delight, pleasure, amusement, satisfaction: nulla alia, T.: oculorum: ridendi: conviviorum: mira in cognoscendo: suae delectationis causā.
    * * *
    conferring/gaining delight; (source of) delight/pleasure/enjoyment/amusement; straining/effort/tenesmus; inclination/futile straining to void bowels/bladder

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  • 13 futtilis or fūtilis

        futtilis or fūtilis e, adj.    [FV-], that easily pours out, that cannot contain: canes, that void their excrement through fear, Ph.: glacies, brittle, V.—Fig., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile: Servos, T.: haruspices: consiliis habitus non futtilis auctor, V.: sententiae: laetitiae: lingua, Ph.

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  • 14 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.
    * * *
    sterilis, sterile ADJ
    barren, sterile; fruitless; unprofitable, futile

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  • 15 cassum

    empty/vain/futile things (pl.)

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  • 16 futilis

    futilis, futile ADJ
    vain; worthless

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  • 17 caducum

    cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].
    I.
    That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

    glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

    spica,

    that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    aqua,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

    aquae,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

    frondes,

    Verg. G. 1, 368:

    frons,

    Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

    folia,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

    lacrimae,

    id. M. 6, 396:

    poma,

    Prop. 2, 32, 40:

    oliva,

    Col. 12, 52, 22:

    fulmen,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

    te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

    ligna,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

    tela,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

    moro coma nigrior caduco,

    Mart. 8, 64, 7.—
    B.
    Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—
    2.
    Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

    bello caduci Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 6, 481.—
    3.
    In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

    juvenis,

    Verg. A. 10, 622.—
    II.
    Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

    vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

    Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

    Veg. 1, 25, 2:

    asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

    App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

    morbus,

    the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

    in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

    ignis,

    quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

    res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

    nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

    virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

    tituli,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    labores,

    id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

    spes,

    vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

    preces,

    ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

    pars voti,

    id. Ib. 88.—
    2.
    Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

    quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

    legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

    Juv. 9, 88:

    caduca occupare,

    Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—
    b.
    Transf., of other things:

    nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

    Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

    Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

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  • 18 caducus

    cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].
    I.
    That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

    glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

    spica,

    that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    aqua,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

    aquae,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

    frondes,

    Verg. G. 1, 368:

    frons,

    Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

    folia,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

    lacrimae,

    id. M. 6, 396:

    poma,

    Prop. 2, 32, 40:

    oliva,

    Col. 12, 52, 22:

    fulmen,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

    te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

    ligna,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

    tela,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

    moro coma nigrior caduco,

    Mart. 8, 64, 7.—
    B.
    Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—
    2.
    Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

    bello caduci Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 6, 481.—
    3.
    In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

    juvenis,

    Verg. A. 10, 622.—
    II.
    Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

    vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

    Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

    Veg. 1, 25, 2:

    asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

    App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

    morbus,

    the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

    in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

    ignis,

    quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

    res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

    nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

    virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

    tituli,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    labores,

    id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

    spes,

    vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

    preces,

    ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

    pars voti,

    id. Ib. 88.—
    2.
    Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

    quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

    legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

    Juv. 9, 88:

    caduca occupare,

    Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—
    b.
    Transf., of other things:

    nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

    Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

    Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

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  • 19 nugatorius

    nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [nugator], trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory:

    nugatoriae artes,

    i. e. lies, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

    boves Ligustici,

    worthless, useless, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; so,

    unguentum,

    id. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.:

    ad probandum res infirma nugatoriaque,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

    illud valde leve est ac nugatorium,

    id. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

    in malā nugatoriāque accusatione,

    id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    genus argumentationis,

    not to the point, Auct. Her. 2, 20, 31: genus deorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—As subst.: nū-gātōrĭus, ii, m., a worthless fellow, nugatorium vocant, Sen. Ep. 36, 2.—Hence, adv.: nūgātōrĭē, triflingly, frivolously:

    tenuiter et nugatorie respondere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48.

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  • 20 virus

    vīrus, i, n. [Sanscr. visham; Gr. ios, poison], a slimy liquid, slime.
    I.
    In gen., of animals and plants, Verg. G. 3, 281; Col. 2, 14, 3; Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89; 30, 6, 15, § 45; Stat. S. 1, 4, 104.—Of animal sperm or semen, Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157.—
    II.
    In partic., in a bad sense.
    A.
    A poisonous liquid, poison, venom, virus (syn. venenum).
    1.
    Lit., Cic. Arat. 432; Verg. G. 1, 129; 3, 419; Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 64; Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160:

    amatorium,

    id. 8, 22, 34, § 83.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    evomere virus acerbitatis suae,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

    futile virus linguae,

    Sil. 11, 560:

    mentis,

    id. 9, 476; Mart. 13, 2, 8.—
    B.
    An offensive odor, stench, Lucr. 2, 853; Col. 1, 5, 6; Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277; 27, 12, 83, § 107; 35, 15, 52, § 185:

    odoris,

    an offensive pungency, id. 28, 3, 6, § 31; 28, 7, 23, § 79.—
    C.
    A sharp, saline taste; of sea-water, Lucr. 2, 476; 5, 269; 6, 635.—Of wine, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124.

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