irrīsus

irrīsus, a, um, Part., from irrideo.

irrīsus ( inr-), ūs, m. [irrideo], a scoffing, mocking, mockery, derision:

irrisu coarguere aliquid,

Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 114:

irrisum pueri sperans,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

irrisui esse,

to be a laughing-stock, Caes. B. C. 2, 15:

hostibus irrisui fuit,

Tac. A. 14, 39; id. H. 1, 7:

scripsisse eos non sine irrisu generis humani arbitror,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124:

irrisui haberi,

to be made a laughing-stock of, be made game of, App. M. 5, p. 172:

ab irrisu,

out of mockery, Liv. 7, 10.

irrīsus, a, um, Part., from irrideo.

irrīsus ( inr-), ūs, m. [irrideo], a scoffing, mocking, mockery, derision:

irrisu coarguere aliquid,

Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 114:

irrisum pueri sperans,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

irrisui esse,

to be a laughing-stock, Caes. B. C. 2, 15:

hostibus irrisui fuit,

Tac. A. 14, 39; id. H. 1, 7:

scripsisse eos non sine irrisu generis humani arbitror,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124:

irrisui haberi,

to be made a laughing-stock of, be made game of, App. M. 5, p. 172:

ab irrisu,

out of mockery, Liv. 7, 10.

at-tollo ( attolo, arch.), no perf. or sup., 3, v. a., to lift or raise up, raise, elevate, lift on high (in the poets and postAug. prose writers very frequent, but not in Cic.; syn.: tollo, erigo).

Lit.:

super limen pedes attollere,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

signa,

id. ib. 2, 6, 5: pallium attollere, i. e. accingere (v. accingo), * Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 31:

illum (regem) omnes apes... saepe attollunt umeris,

Verg. G. 4, 217: Nec semel irrisus triviis attollere curat Fracto crure planum, to raise up the juggler, to help him up, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58 Schmid:

parvumque attollite natum,

lift up, Ov. M. 9, 387:

caput,

id. ib. 5, 503:

oculos humo,

id. ib. 2, 448:

Et contra magnum potes hos (oculos) attollere solem,

Prop. 1, 15, 37:

Sed non attollere contra Sustinet haec oculos,

Ov. M. 6, 605:

Attollens Joseph oculos vidit etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 43, 29:

timidum lumen ad lumina,

Ov. M. 10, 293:

vultus jacentes,

id. ib. 4, 144:

corpus ulnis,

id. ib. 7, 847:

manus ad caelum,

Liv. 10, 36:

cornua e mari,

Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:

attollite portas, principes,

Vulg. Psa. 23, 7; 23, 9:

mare ventis,

Tac. Agr. 10; cf.:

Euphratem attolli,

swollen, id. A. 6, 37:

se in femur,

raises himself on his thigh, Verg. A. 10, 856:

se in auras,

Ov. M. 4, 722:

se recto trunco,

id. ib. 2, 822:

attollentem se ab gravi casu,

Liv. 8, 7, 6:

a terrā se attollentem,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.—

With middle signif.: e mediis hunc (sc. Atlantem) harenis in caelum attolli prodidere,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

attollitur monte Pione,

id. 5, 29, 31, § 115.—Of buildings, to raise, erect, build:

immensam molem,

Verg. A. 2, 185:

arcem,

id. ib. 3, 134:

attollitur opus in altitudinem XXXX. cubitis,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30:

turres in centenos vicenos[que ] attollebantur,

Tac. H. 5, 11.— Poet.:

cum die stativorum campum alacritate discursu pulvere attolleres,

Plin. Pan. 14, 3; cf. Verg. A. 9, 714.—

Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt, sustain; also, to enlarge, aggrandize, to render prominent or conspicuous, to extol (so esp. freq. in Tac.):

Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus,

Verg. A. 4, 49:

ultro implacabilis ardet Attollitque animos,

id. ib. 12, 4:

ad consulatūs spem attollere animos,

Liv. 22, 26:

rectos ac vividos animos non ut alii contundis ac deprimis, sed foves et attollis,

Plin. Pan. 44, 6:

Frangit et attollit vires in milite causa,

Prop. 5, 6, 51:

attollique suum laetis ad sidera nomen vocibus,

Luc. 7, 11:

quanto Ciceronis studio Brutus Cassiusque attollerentur,

were distinguished, Vell. 2, 65 Ruhnk. (cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 14: animadverti dici jam a quibusdam exornari etiam nimium a me Brutum, nimium Cassium ornari); so,

insignibus triumphi,

Tac. A. 3, 72; id. H. 2, 90; 3, 37; 4, 59; id. Agr. 39:

res per similitudinem,

Quint. 8, 6, 68: his (frons) contrahitur, attollitur ( is drawn up or raised), demittitur, id. 11, 3, 78:

belloque et armis rem publicam,

Tac. H. 4, 52:

cuncta in majus attollens,

id. A. 15, 30:

sua facta, suos casus,

id. Agr. 25.— Form attolo, of doubtful meaning:

Quis vetat qui ne attolat? Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.: Custodite istunc vos, ne vim qui attolat neve attigat,

id. ib. p. 105 (= auferre or afferre, Non.).

at-tollo ( attolo, arch.), no perf. or sup., 3, v. a., to lift or raise up, raise, elevate, lift on high (in the poets and postAug. prose writers very frequent, but not in Cic.; syn.: tollo, erigo).

Lit.:

super limen pedes attollere,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

signa,

id. ib. 2, 6, 5: pallium attollere, i. e. accingere (v. accingo), * Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 31:

illum (regem) omnes apes... saepe attollunt umeris,

Verg. G. 4, 217: Nec semel irrisus triviis attollere curat Fracto crure planum, to raise up the juggler, to help him up, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58 Schmid:

parvumque attollite natum,

lift up, Ov. M. 9, 387:

caput,

id. ib. 5, 503:

oculos humo,

id. ib. 2, 448:

Et contra magnum potes hos (oculos) attollere solem,

Prop. 1, 15, 37:

Sed non attollere contra Sustinet haec oculos,

Ov. M. 6, 605:

Attollens Joseph oculos vidit etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 43, 29:

timidum lumen ad lumina,

Ov. M. 10, 293:

vultus jacentes,

id. ib. 4, 144:

corpus ulnis,

id. ib. 7, 847:

manus ad caelum,

Liv. 10, 36:

cornua e mari,

Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:

attollite portas, principes,

Vulg. Psa. 23, 7; 23, 9:

mare ventis,

Tac. Agr. 10; cf.:

Euphratem attolli,

swollen, id. A. 6, 37:

se in femur,

raises himself on his thigh, Verg. A. 10, 856:

se in auras,

Ov. M. 4, 722:

se recto trunco,

id. ib. 2, 822:

attollentem se ab gravi casu,

Liv. 8, 7, 6:

a terrā se attollentem,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.—

With middle signif.: e mediis hunc (sc. Atlantem) harenis in caelum attolli prodidere,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

attollitur monte Pione,

id. 5, 29, 31, § 115.—Of buildings, to raise, erect, build:

immensam molem,

Verg. A. 2, 185:

arcem,

id. ib. 3, 134:

attollitur opus in altitudinem XXXX. cubitis,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30:

turres in centenos vicenos[que ] attollebantur,

Tac. H. 5, 11.— Poet.:

cum die stativorum campum alacritate discursu pulvere attolleres,

Plin. Pan. 14, 3; cf. Verg. A. 9, 714.—

Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt, sustain; also, to enlarge, aggrandize, to render prominent or conspicuous, to extol (so esp. freq. in Tac.):

Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus,

Verg. A. 4, 49:

ultro implacabilis ardet Attollitque animos,

id. ib. 12, 4:

ad consulatūs spem attollere animos,

Liv. 22, 26:

rectos ac vividos animos non ut alii contundis ac deprimis, sed foves et attollis,

Plin. Pan. 44, 6:

Frangit et attollit vires in milite causa,

Prop. 5, 6, 51:

attollique suum laetis ad sidera nomen vocibus,

Luc. 7, 11:

quanto Ciceronis studio Brutus Cassiusque attollerentur,

were distinguished, Vell. 2, 65 Ruhnk. (cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 14: animadverti dici jam a quibusdam exornari etiam nimium a me Brutum, nimium Cassium ornari); so,

insignibus triumphi,

Tac. A. 3, 72; id. H. 2, 90; 3, 37; 4, 59; id. Agr. 39:

res per similitudinem,

Quint. 8, 6, 68: his (frons) contrahitur, attollitur ( is drawn up or raised), demittitur, id. 11, 3, 78:

belloque et armis rem publicam,

Tac. H. 4, 52:

cuncta in majus attollens,

id. A. 15, 30:

sua facta, suos casus,

id. Agr. 25.— Form attolo, of doubtful meaning:

Quis vetat qui ne attolat? Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.: Custodite istunc vos, ne vim qui attolat neve attigat,

id. ib. p. 105 (= auferre or afferre, Non.).

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.

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

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.—

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.—

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.—

Vanum est, with subject-clause:

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

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25.—

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.—

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.

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

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.—

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.—

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.—

Vanum est, with subject-clause:

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

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25.—

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.—

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.