messāna

Messānĭus, a, um, v. Messenius.

Messānĭus, a, um, v. Messana fin.

nūdus, a, um, adj. [for nugdus; root nag-, nig-, to make bare; Sanscr. nagna, naked; cf. Germ. nackt; Eng. naked], naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed.

Lit.

In gen.:

membra nuda dabant terrae,

Lucr. 5, 970 Lachm. N. cr. (not nudabant):

tamquam nudus nuces legeret, in ventrem abstulisse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

nudus membra Pyracmon,

Verg. A. 8, 425:

nuda pedem,

Ov. M. 7, 183:

capite nudo,

bareheaded, Sall. J. 94, 1:

pedibus nudis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 24:

costae nudae tegmine,

Sil. 5, 449.—Esp., without the toga, in one's tunic:

nudus ara, sere nudus,

Verg. G. 1, 299; Petr. 92; Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 17; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 3, 26, 9.— Unarmed, unprotected:

in maximo metu nudum et caecum corpus ad hostes vortere,

his defenceless back, Sall. J. 107, 1; Liv. 5, 45, 3.—Prov.: vestimenta detrahere nudo, i. e. to get something out of one who has nothing, or to draw blood from a stone, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79.—Of things:

silex nuda,

not covered with turf, Verg. E. 1, 15:

ensis,

id. A. 12, 306:

sedit humo nudā,

Ov. M. 4, 261:

et quodcumque jacet nudā tellure cadaver,

on the bare ground, unburied, Luc. 6, 550; so of unburied bodies, id. 8, 434; Stat. Th. 8, 73:

nudum nemus,

leafless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 281.—

With gen.:

loca nuda gignentium,

bare of vegetation, Sall. J. 79, 6:

nudus Arboris Othrys,

Ov. M. 12, 512. —

In partic.

Stripped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, or destitute of, without.

With abl.:

urbs nuda praesidio,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1:

praesidiis,

Liv. 29, 4, 7:

nudus agris, nudus nummis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 184:

nudum remigio latus,

id. C. 1, 14, 4; Sil. 16, 46.—

With ab:

Messana ab his rebus sane vacua atque nuda est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3.—

With gen.:

mors famae nuda,

Sil. 4, 608.—

Absol.:

heri quod homines quattuor In soporem conlocāstis nudos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 147:

partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16.—

Poor, needy, destitute, forlorn:

quem tu semper nudum esse voluisti,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51:

senecta,

Ov. H. 9, 154:

senectus,

Juv. 7, 35:

quis tam nudus, ut, etc.,

id. 5, 163:

sine amicis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.—

Transf.

In gen., bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only:

nuda ista si ponas, judicari qualia sint non facile possim,

Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24:

ira Caesaris,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 17:

locorum nuda nomina,

Plin. 3, praef. §

2: virtus nudo homine contenta est,

Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 2:

nuda rerum cognitio,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4:

nuda virtus,

Petr. 88: nudā manu captare fontem, i. e. without a cup, Sen. Hippol. alt. 519.—So freq. in jurid. Lat.:

nudo animo adipisci quidem possessionem non possumus: retinere tamen nudo animo possumus,

Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 2:

etiam nudus consensus sufficit obligationi,

Dig. 44, 7, 51; Gai. Inst. 3, 154.—

Esp., in phrases.

Nudum pactum, a bare agreement, i. e. a contract without consideration:

ex nudo enim pacto inter cives Romanos actio non nascitur,

Paul. Sent. 2, 14, 1.—

Nudum jus, an unexecuted right:

qui nudum jus Quiritium in servo habet, is potestatem habere non intellegitur,

Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 3, 166.—

In partic.

Simple, unadorned:

Commentarii (Caesaris) nudi sunt, recti et venusti, omni ornatu orationis tamquam veste detractā,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

brevitas nuda atque inornata,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 341:

quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse jejuna atque nuda,

id. ib. 1, 50, 218:

nuda et velut incompta oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 41; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; Ov. A. A. 3, 747:

sedit humo nudā, nudis incompta capillis,

Ov. M. 4, 261.—

Undisguised, unadorned, not veiled or obscured:

veritas,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 7:

nudissima veritas,

Cael. Aur. Chron. 1, 5, 176:

simplex ac nuda veritas,

Lact. 3, 1, 3: nuda verba, unveiled, i. e. obscene words, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 4.—Hence, adv.: nūdē, nakedly, simply (post-class.):

aliquid tradere breviter ac nude,

Lact. 3, 1, 11.

rĕceptrix, īcis, f. [receptor].

She that receives, App. Mund. p. 66, 17; id. Asclep. p. 77, 30; p. 287 Bip.; Ambros. in Luc. 8, 52.—

In a bad sense, she that harbors or conceals:

Messana, praedarum ac furtorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17; 2, 5, 62, § 160.

sĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of sino.

sĭtus, ūs, m. [sino].

(Sino, 1. situs, A.; prop. a being laid or placed, a lying; hence, by meton.)

The manner of lying, the situation, local position, site of a thing (class. in sing. and plur.; mostly of localities; syn. positus).

Sing.:

terrae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

urbem Syracusas elegerat, cujus hic situs esse dicitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

loci,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; Caes. B. G. 7, 68; 7, 36; Liv. 9, 24, 2:

locorum,

Curt. 3, 4, 11; 7, 6, 12:

Messana, quae situ moenibus portuque ornata est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3; cf.:

urbes naturali situ inexpugnabiles,

Liv. 5, 6; Curt. 3, 4, 2:

agri (with forma),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Africae,

Sall. J. 17, 1:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 57; id. B. C. 3, 66:

montis,

Curt. 8, 10, 3:

loca naturae situ invia,

id. 7, 4, 4;

opp. opus: turrem et situ et opere multum editum,

id. 3, 1, 7; 8, 10, 23; cf. Front. Strat. 3, 2, 1:

figura situsque membrorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 61, 153; cf.:

passeres a rhombis situ tantum corporum differunt,

Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72:

Aquilonis,

towards the north, id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.— Poet.: exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, i. e. the structure (prop. the manner of construction), Hor. C. 3, 30, 2 (cf. the Part. situs, in Tac., = conditus, built; v. sino, P. a. A. 2. c.).—

Plur.:

opportunissimi situs urbibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; so,

oppidorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

terrarum,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

locorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83: situs partium corporis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

revocare situs (foliorum),

position, arrangement, Verg. A. 3, 451. —

Transf. (= regio), a quarter of the world, region (Plinian):

a meridiano situ ad septentriones,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; 2, 47, 48, § 127; 3, 12, 17, § 108; cf. Sill. ad Plin. 16, § 2.— Plur.:

(pantherae) repleturae illos situs,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 7.—

Soil (late Lat.):

quae loca pingui situ et cultu,

Amm. 24, 5, 3.—

Description (late Lat.):

cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus plene,

Amm. 29, 5, 18.—

Lit.

Rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt, etc., that a thing acquires from lying too long in one place (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: squalor, sordes): corrumpor situ,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 23; cf.:

quae in usu sunt et manum cottidie tactumque patiuntur, numquam periculum situs adeunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2:

tristia duri Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs,

Tib. 1, 10, 50:

arma squalere situ ac rubigine,

Quint. 10, 1, 30:

immundo pallida mitra situ,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70:

ne aut supellex vestisve condita situ dilabatur,

Col. 12, 3, 5:

per loca senta situ,

Verg. A. 6, 462:

araneosus situs,

Cat. 23, 3:

immundus,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 52; id. Tr. 3, 10, 70:

detergere situm ferro,

Sil. 7, 534:

deterso situ,

Plin. Pan. 50:

prata situ vetustatis obducta,

Col. 2, 18, 2. —

Filthiness of the body: genas situ liventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Com. Rel. p. 225 Rib.:

situm inter oris et barba, etc.): en ego victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 452; Ov. M. 7, 290; 7, 303; 8, 802; Luc. 6, 516; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33.—

Trop.

Neglect, idleness, absence of use:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14:

et segnem patiere situ durescere campum,

Verg. G. 1, 72; Col. 2, 2, 6:

gladius usu splendescit, situ rubiginat,

App. Flor. 3, p. 351, 32. —

Of the mind, a rusting, moulding, a wasting away, dulness, inactivity:

senectus victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 440:

marcescere otio situque civitatem,

Liv. 33, 45 fin.:

situ obsitae justitia, aequitas,

Vell. 2, 126, 2:

quae (mens) in hujusmodi secretis languescit et quendam velut in opaco situm ducit,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. 12, 5, 2:

ne pereant turpi pectora nostra situ,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2:

depellere situm curis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 34:

flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ (carmina),

i. e. oblivion, Prop. 1, 7, 18:

(verba) priscis memorata Catonibus Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118; cf.:

verborum situs,

Sen. Ep. 58, 3:

nec umquam passure situm,

Stat. Th. 3, 100:

passus est leges istas situ atque senio emori,

Gell. 20, 1, 10.

văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)

In gen.

Lit., in material sense.

Absol.:

spatium vacuum,

Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

vacua castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

atria,

id. ib. 7, 379;

2, 528: porticus,

id. ib. 2, 761:

videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

id. G. 3, 109:

Acerrae,

unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

Cumae,

Juv. 3, 2:

Ulubrae,

id. 10, 102:

agri,

Verg. G. 2, 54:

aurae,

id. A. 12, 592:

caelum,

id. ib. 5, 515:

oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

Liv. 39, 14, 2:

aër,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

theatrum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

aula,

id. C. 4, 14, 36:

tabellae,

Quint. 10, 3, 32:

numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

Liv. 44, 26, 3:

lectus,

Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

per vacuum locum inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18:

manus,

Quint. 11, 2, 42:

ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

vultus,

without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—

With abl.:

nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

Cic. Univ. 4:

gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

moenia defensoribus,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

viae occursu hominum,

id. 5, 41, 5:

cultoribus agri,

Ov. M. 7, 653:

ense ebur,

id. ib. 4, 148:

arvum arboribus,

Col. 3, 11, 3:

loca fetu in vite,

id. 3, 10, 5:

pectus velamine,

Stat. Th. 1, 593.—

With ab and abl.:

Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

pars Galliae ab exercitu,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

vacuum ab hostibus mare,

Liv. 37, 13, 6.—

With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

Sall. J. 90, 1:

Romana urbs annonae,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—

Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

vacuum minus intus habere,

Lucr. 1, 367:

in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

Verg. G. 2, 287:

ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—

Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.

With abl.:

animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

molestiis,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

cupiditate et timore,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

consilium periculo,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

his rebus mens vacua,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

vacuus duellis Janus,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

crimine nox vacua est,

Ov. F. 4, 581:

ille metu vacuus,

id. M. 3, 582:

nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

aemulatione,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

curā domesticā vacuus,

id. H. 1, 88:

tali culpā,

id. A. 6, 16:

tributo,

id. ib. 12, 61:

vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

id. Brut. 90, 309:

animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

Sall. C. 51, 1:

a culpa,

id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

curā,

Liv. 24, 18, 1.—

With gen.:

vacuas caedis habete manus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

operum vacuus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

Ov. M. 6, 541:

composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

Tac. A. 15, 8.—

With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

Liv. 1, 46, 9:

necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

aliquid invenire vacui,

Quint. 10, 6, 1.—

In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).

Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

animus vacuus ac solutus,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

aures vacuae atque eruditae,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

id. A. A. 1, 491:

si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

Verg. G. 3, 3:

ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

Tibur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Athenae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

tonsoris in umbrā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

otiosa Neapolis,

id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

Rutilius animo vacuus,

i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

haud animi vacuus,

quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

equa,

Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—

Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

vacuam noctem operi dedere,

Liv. 3, 28, 7:

tempora,

Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—

Of women, free, unmarried, single:

ubi mulier vacua fuit,

Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

Hersilia,

i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—

Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

Liv. 23, 2, 7:

ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

Sall. C. 52, 23:

sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

id. Agr. 40:

vacua Armenia,

without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

bona,

Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

possessio,

ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—

Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

rem,

Petr. 102:

vacua et inanis productio verbi,

Gell. 11, 15, 6:

tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

pecunia,

unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.

văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)

In gen.

Lit., in material sense.

Absol.:

spatium vacuum,

Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

vacua castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

atria,

id. ib. 7, 379;

2, 528: porticus,

id. ib. 2, 761:

videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

id. G. 3, 109:

Acerrae,

unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

Cumae,

Juv. 3, 2:

Ulubrae,

id. 10, 102:

agri,

Verg. G. 2, 54:

aurae,

id. A. 12, 592:

caelum,

id. ib. 5, 515:

oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

Liv. 39, 14, 2:

aër,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

theatrum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

aula,

id. C. 4, 14, 36:

tabellae,

Quint. 10, 3, 32:

numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

Liv. 44, 26, 3:

lectus,

Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

per vacuum locum inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18:

manus,

Quint. 11, 2, 42:

ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

vultus,

without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—

With abl.:

nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

Cic. Univ. 4:

gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

id. Marcell. 6, 17:

moenia defensoribus,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

viae occursu hominum,

id. 5, 41, 5:

cultoribus agri,

Ov. M. 7, 653:

ense ebur,

id. ib. 4, 148:

arvum arboribus,

Col. 3, 11, 3:

loca fetu in vite,

id. 3, 10, 5:

pectus velamine,

Stat. Th. 1, 593.—

With ab and abl.:

Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

pars Galliae ab exercitu,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

vacuum ab hostibus mare,

Liv. 37, 13, 6.—

With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

Sall. J. 90, 1:

Romana urbs annonae,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—

Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

vacuum minus intus habere,

Lucr. 1, 367:

in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

Verg. G. 2, 287:

ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—

Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.

With abl.:

animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

molestiis,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

cupiditate et timore,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

consilium periculo,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

his rebus mens vacua,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

vacuus duellis Janus,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

crimine nox vacua est,

Ov. F. 4, 581:

ille metu vacuus,

id. M. 3, 582:

nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

aemulatione,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

curā domesticā vacuus,

id. H. 1, 88:

tali culpā,

id. A. 6, 16:

tributo,

id. ib. 12, 61:

vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

a securibus et tributis,

Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

id. Brut. 90, 309:

animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

Sall. C. 51, 1:

a culpa,

id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

curā,

Liv. 24, 18, 1.—

With gen.:

vacuas caedis habete manus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

operum vacuus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

Ov. M. 6, 541:

composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

Tac. A. 15, 8.—

With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

Liv. 1, 46, 9:

necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

aliquid invenire vacui,

Quint. 10, 6, 1.—

In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).

Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

id. Brut. 5, 20:

animus vacuus ac solutus,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

aures vacuae atque eruditae,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

id. A. A. 1, 491:

si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

Verg. G. 3, 3:

ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

Tibur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Athenae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

tonsoris in umbrā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

otiosa Neapolis,

id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

Rutilius animo vacuus,

i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

haud animi vacuus,

quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

equa,

Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—

Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

vacuam noctem operi dedere,

Liv. 3, 28, 7:

tempora,

Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—

Of women, free, unmarried, single:

ubi mulier vacua fuit,

Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

Hersilia,

i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—

Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

Liv. 23, 2, 7:

ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

Sall. C. 52, 23:

sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

id. Agr. 40:

vacua Armenia,

without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

bona,

Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

possessio,

ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—

Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

rem,

Petr. 102:

vacua et inanis productio verbi,

Gell. 11, 15, 6:

tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

pecunia,

unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.