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1 vanitas
vānĭtas, ātis, f. [vanus].I.Lit., emptiness, nothingness, nullity, want of reality: nulla in caelo nec fortuna, nec temeritas, nec erratio, nec vanitas inest;B. 1.contra omnis ordo, veritas, ratio, constantia,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56:ne vanitas itineris ludibrio esset,
uselessness, purposelessness, Liv. 40, 22, 5:Romanis Gallici tumultus adsueti, etiam vanitates notae sunt,
id. 38, 17, 5 Weissenb. —Absol.:2.non pudet Vanitatis?
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41:imbuimur erroribus, ut vanitati veritas cedat,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:mercatura... multa undique apportans, multisque sine vanitate impertiens, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 42, 151:nec vero quicquam turpius est vanitate,
id. ib. 1, 42, 150:quamvis blanda ista vanitas apud eos valeat, etc.,
id. Lael. 26, 99:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. ib. 25, 94.— Plur.:Magicae vanitates,
Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18; cf. id. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—With gen.:II.quid de iis existimandum est, qui orationis vanitatem adhibuerunt?
Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:opinionum vanitas,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:suum imperium minui per vanitatem populi,
fickleness, Liv. 44, 22, 10:multa circa hoc non Magorum solum vanitate, sed etiam Pythagoricorum,
Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20 Jan.—Trop., vanity, vainglory:huic homini non minor vanitas inerat quam audacia,
Sall. C. 23, 2; id. J. 38, 1:qui se propalam per vanitatem jactassent tamquam amicos Persei,
Liv. 45, 31, 7:vanitas atque jactatio,
Quint. 11, 2, 22:vanitas atque insolentia,
Suet. Vit. 10:Quintius Atticus consul umbrā honoris et suāmet vanilate monstratus,
Tac. H. 3, 73:nec Agricola prosperitate rerum in vanitatem usus, etc.,
id. Agr. 18 fin.:Statius veniam... vanitate exitūs corrupit,
id. A. 15, 71.
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