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in cassum -- in vain

  • 1 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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  • 2 cassum

    empty/vain/futile things (pl.)

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  • 3 in-cassum or in cassum

        in-cassum or in cassum adv.    [see cassus], in vain, to no purpose, uselessly: furere, V.: tot pati labores, V.: missae preces, L.: studio gestire lavandi, wantonly, V.

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  • 4 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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  • 5 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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  • 6 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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  • 7 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.

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  • 8 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inanis

  • 9 frustra

    frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].
    I.
    In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

    are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

    nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

    quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

    Sall. J. 85, 6:

    frustra esse,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

    frustrast homo,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

    ne frustra sis,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

    erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

    App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

    Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

    Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

    si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

    Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]
    II.
    Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).
    A.
    Without effect, in vain:

    alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

    praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

    frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

    frustra operam opinor sumo,

    id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

    neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

    id. Univ. 10:

    fortissima frustra pectora,

    Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

    multum frustraque rogatus,

    Luc. 4, 735:

    peritura frustra agmina,

    id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

    frustra telum mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

    frustra tantum laborem sumere,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

    cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

    Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

    ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 25, 2:

    neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

    id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

    frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

    nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

    id. S. 2, 2, 54:

    tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

    likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—
    2.
    Ellipt.:

    equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

    frustra: nam, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—
    B.
    Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

    frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

    frustra tempus contero,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

    quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

    id. Rep. 1, 7:

    quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

    id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

    ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

    Suet. Oth. 9:

    ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

    Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—
    2.
    Ellipt.:

    hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 60.

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  • 10 frutra

    frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].
    I.
    In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

    are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

    nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

    quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

    Sall. J. 85, 6:

    frustra esse,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

    frustrast homo,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

    ne frustra sis,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

    erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

    App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

    Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

    Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

    si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

    Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]
    II.
    Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).
    A.
    Without effect, in vain:

    alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

    praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

    frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

    frustra operam opinor sumo,

    id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

    neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

    id. Univ. 10:

    fortissima frustra pectora,

    Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

    multum frustraque rogatus,

    Luc. 4, 735:

    peritura frustra agmina,

    id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

    frustra telum mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

    frustra tantum laborem sumere,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

    cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

    Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

    ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 25, 2:

    neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

    id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

    frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

    nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

    id. S. 2, 2, 54:

    tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

    likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—
    2.
    Ellipt.:

    equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

    frustra: nam, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—
    B.
    Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

    frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

    frustra tempus contero,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

    quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

    id. Rep. 1, 7:

    quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

    id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

    ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

    Suet. Oth. 9:

    ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

    Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—
    2.
    Ellipt.:

    hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 60.

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