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  • 1 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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  • 2 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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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 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.

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  • 6 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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  • 7 inānis

        inānis e, adj.    with comp. and sup, empty, void: vas: domum reddere inanem: naves (opp. onustae), Cs.: naves, dismantled: tumulus, cenotaph, V.: sepulchrum, O.—Void, stripped, deserted, abandoned, unoccupied: civitas: egentes inanesque discedere, empty-handed: equus, without a rider: Absint inani funere neniae, without a corpse, H.: venter, hungry, H.: quod inani sufficit alvo, Iu.: laeva, without rings, H.: litterae, empty: paleae, light, V.: corpus, lifeless: galea, i. e. harmless, V.: umbra, O.: verba, a semblance of speech, V.: Gaurus (an extinct volcano), Iu.: epistula inanis aliquā re utili: ager centum aratoribus inanior est, less populous by: Sanguinis pectus inane, O.: lymphae dolium, H.—Fig., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: Laborem inanem capit, T.: honesti inane nomen esse: elocutio: damnatus inani iudicio, Iu.: minae: multae res, ut gloria, unsubstantial: causas nectis inanīs, pretexts, V.: simulatio, Cs.: fama, unfounded, V.: Tempus, leisure, V.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum, poor in words: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt.—Of persons, vain, puffed up, worthless, petty: homo, S.: inanīs Hoc iuvat, empty heads, H.: animus: inaniora ingenia, L.
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    inanis, inane ADJ
    void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

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  • 8 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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  • 9 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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  • 10 inanis

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

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

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

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

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

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

    naves (opp. onustae),

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

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

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

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

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

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

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

    hic homo est inanis,

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

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

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

    equus,

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

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

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

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

    parasitus,

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

    venter,

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

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

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

    litterae,

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

    paleae,

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

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

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

    corpus,

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

    in the foll.: vulgus,

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

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

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

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

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

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

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

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

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

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

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

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

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

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

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

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

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

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

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

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

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

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

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

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

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

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

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

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

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

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

    ternpora (with morae),

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

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

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

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

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

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

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

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

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

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

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

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

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

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

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  • 11 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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  • 12 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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  • 13 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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  • 14 frūstrā

        frūstrā adv.    [2 FER-], in deception, in error: Ne me in laetitiam frustra conicias, T.: uti illi frustra sint, S.: frustra habitus, disappointed, Ta. — Without effect, to no purpose, uselessly, in vain, for nothing: auxilium suum implorari: o frustra meritorum oblite meorum, O.: tantum laborem sumere, Cs.: id inceptum Volscis fuit, L.: legati discessere, disappointed, S.: cruento Marte carebimus, H.: fortissima Pectora, V.: Expers belli, O.: Frustra, nam, etc., H.— Without reason, causelessly, groundlessly: te non frustra scribere solere: disputatio ne frustra haberetur: conterrita, Ta.
    * * *
    in vain; for nothing, to no purpose

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  • 15 frūstror

        frūstror ātus, ārī, dep.    [frustra], to deceive, dis appoint, trick, elude, frustrate: differendo spen impetum, L.: me ipsum: custodes, L.: Iugurthan spes frustrata, S.: sat adhuc tua nos frustratast fides, T.: numquam frustrata vocatūs Hasta meos, failed to obey, V.: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantīs, i. e. dies on their lips, V.: Cocceius vide ne frustretur.— Pass: adeo frustrata spes est, ut, etc., L.— To miss the mark, throw in vain: pauci in pluribus minus frustrati, S.— To make vain, make useless: parentum gaudia lacrimulis, Ct.: rami lento vimine frustrabantur ictūs, Cu.
    * * *
    frustrari, frustratus sum V DEP
    disappoint, frustrate, deceive (w/false hope); escape/elude; baffle/evade; fail; reject; delay; rob/defraud/cheat; pretend; refute (argument); corrupt/falsify

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  • 16 inritus (irr-)

        inritus (irr-) adj.    [2 in+ratus], undecided, unsettled, invalid, void, of no effect: quod modo erat ratum, inritum est, T.: testamentum: quaeque augur dira defixerit, inrita infectaque sunto.— Vain, useless, without effect, ineffectual: omissā inritā re, abandoning the useless effort, L.: tela, V.: labor anni, O.: oblivio, L.: inritum Quodcumque retro est efficiet, worthless, H.—As subst n., nothingness, vanity, worthlessness: spes ad inritum redacta, L.: cadere in inritum, Ta.: inrita dicere, useless words, O.—Of persons, asking in vain, accomplishing nothing, baffled, failing: variis adsultibus inritus urget, V.: venit inrita turba, Tb.: inritis hostibus, Ta.: spei, vainly hoping, Cu.

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  • 17 leviculus

        leviculus adj. dim.    [1 levis], somewhat light, a little vain: Demosthenes.
    * * *
    levicula, leviculum ADJ
    rather vain, light-headed

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  • 18 ventōsus

        ventōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ventus], full of wind, windy: folles, V.: mare, H.: Alpes, O.: cucurbita, i. e. cupping-glass, Iu.: terra ventosior, Ta.: ventosissima regio, L.—Like wind, light, swift, nimble: alae, V.: equi, O.—Fig., light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: homo ventosissimus: Tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid), O.: plebs, H.: ingenium, L.: extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est.—Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited: ventoso gloria curru, H.: lingua, V.: ingenium, L.
    * * *
    ventosa, ventosum ADJ
    windy; swift (as the wind); fickle, changeable; vain, puffed up

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  • 19 inaniloquum

    vain-talking, that talks in vain; that blabbers/talks nonsense

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  • 20 ambitiose

    ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].
    I.
    (Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

    lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

    undique ambientibus ramis,

    Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

    Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

    Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

    vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

    Hor. A. P. 447.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

    qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

    Cic. Fl. 18:

    homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

    id. Fam. 13, 1:

    ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

    desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

    pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

    i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

    malis artibus ambitiosus,

    seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

    salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

    Suet. Aug. 42 al. —
    B.
    Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

    ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

    Gell. 9, 12:

    turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

    Ov. F. 5, 298:

    sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

    Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

    si pauper, ambitiosi,

    id. Agr. 30:

    nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

    not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —
    C.
    Of things, vain, ostentatious:

    amicitiae,

    founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

    rogationes,

    id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

    gloriandi genus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 22:

    preces,

    urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

    sententiae,

    Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

    medicina ars,

    boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

    Luc. 4, 376:

    atria,

    splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

    ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

    more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—
    D.
    In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

    antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

    de triumpho ambitiose agere,

    Cic. Att. 15, 1:

    ambitiose regnum petere,

    Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

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