sincerum+vas

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văs, vădis, m., a bail, security, surety (in gen., while praes is confined to pecuniary matters; cf.

also sponsio): vas appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat,

Varr. L. L. 6, 74 Müll.:

vas factus est alter (Damon) ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset ipsi,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

vades poscere,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

se dare vadem pro amico,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

deserere vades,

Liv. 39, 41, 7; Hor. S. 1, 1, 11 Heind.—

Trop.:

vestram virtutem rerum quas gesturus sum, vadem praedemque habeo,

Curt. 9, 2, 25.

vās, vāsis; plur. vāsa, ōrum (anteclass. collat. form of the nom. sing. vāsum, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 544, 26; Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 33 sq.:

vasus fictilis,

Petr. 57, 8; dat. plur. vasibus, Gargil. Martial. Pomif. Arb. 4, 4; apocopated, vas' argenteis, for vasis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153), n. [Sanscr. root, vas-, to put on; vastram, clothing; Gr. hennumi, heima; Lat. vestis].

In gen., a vessel, dish; also, a utensil, implement of any kind:

vasa ahena ex aedibus (rapere),

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 61:

aliquod vasum argenteum Aut aliquod vasum ahenum,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 33:

nihil relinquo in aedibus Nec vas nec vestimentum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 89:

corpus quasi vas est, aut aliquod animi receptaculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; cf. Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 4:

quassatis undique vasis, Diffluere umorem,

Lucr. 3, 435:

sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

vinarium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

argentea,

id. ib.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 72:

Corinthia et Deliaca,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

Samia,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 41; Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

escaria,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18.—Of implements for supporting any thing:

si vasa sint legata, non solum ea continentur, quae aliquid in se recipiunt edendi bibendique causā paratum, sed etiam quae aliquid sustineant: et ideo scutellas vel promulsidaria contineri,

Dig. 34, 2, 20.—

Military equipments, baggage:

ille ex Siciliā jam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat,

had packed up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

vasa colligere,

Liv. 21, 47, 2; 27, 47, 8; cf.

trop.: vasa in senectute colligere,

Sen. Ep. 19, 1:

vasa conclamare,

to give the signal for packing up, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: 3, 37.—

Agricultural implements:

vasa quae utilia culturae sunt, aratrum, ligones, sarcula, falces, bidentes,

Dig. 33, 7, 8.—

Of beehives, Col. 9, 6, 1.—

Of hunting implements, Grat. Cyn. 219.—

In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 70; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 41.

sincērus, a, um, adj. [sin- = sim-, v. simplex; root in Sanscr. sama, whole, together; and root skir-, Sanscr. kir-, pour out], clean, pure, sound, not spoiled, uninjured, whole, entire, real, natural, genuine, sincere (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: simplex, verus, incorruptus).

Lit.:

omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris (internoscere),

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

aliquem ab omni incommodo, detrimento, molestiā sincerum integrumque conservare,

unharmed, unhurt, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

corpus (with sine vulnere),

Ov. M. 12, 100; cf.

pars,

id. ib. 1, 191:

membra,

Lucr. 3, 717:

porci sacres,

sound, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; cf. in comp.: cum jam me sinceriore corpusculo factum diceret (medicus), Gell. 18, 10, 4: sincerum tergum... corium sincerissimum, clear (of weals), Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 51 sq.; cf.

so, corium,

id. Most. 4, 1, 13:

vas,

clean, Hor. S. 1, 3, 56; id. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

ex amphorā primum quod est sincerissimum effluit,

Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

lac,

Col. 7, 8, 1; so,

Amineum,

id. 12, 47, 6:

crocus,

Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

axungia,

id. 28, 9, 37, § 135:

gemma (opp. sordium plena),

id. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

propria et sincera et tantum sui similis gens,

unmixed, pure, Tac. G. 4; so,

populus,

id. H. 4, 64 fin.; Suet. Aug. 40:

nobilitas,

Liv. 4, 4, 7:

nitor,

Sen. Ep. 66, 46.— Comp.: lux sincerior, App. de Mundo, p. 58, 29.—

Sincerum, adverb.:

non sincerum sonĕre,

that it does not ring clearly, is not genuine, Lucr. 3, 873.—

Trop.:

Atheniensium semper fuit prudens sincerumque judicium,

sound, uncorrupted, Cic. Or. 8, 25:

nihil erat in ejus (Cottae) oratione nisi sincerum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:

esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior,

Gell. 13, 26, 3; so,

sincera gratia sermonis Attici,

Quint. 10, 1, 65:

sincera et integra natura,

Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

animus,

Sen. Cons. Helv. 11, 6:

vir,

id. Ep. 73, 4:

opiniones,

id. ib. 94, 68:

Minerva,

pure, chaste, Ov. M. 8, 664:

sincerum equestre proelium,

unmixed, pure, Liv. 30, 11:

non sincerum gaudium praebere,

not unmixed, not undisturbed, id. 34, 41; so,

gaudium,

id. 44, 44:

gaudium sincerius,

Just. 10, 1, 3:

voluptas,

Ov. M. 7, 453:

fama,

unblemished, Gell. 6, 8, 5:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus,

honest, candid, upright, Cic. Brut. 83, 287; cf.:

Fabii Annales, bonae atque sincerae vetustatis libri,

Gell. 5, 4, 1.— Sup.:

Q. Claudius optimus et sincerissimus scriptor,

Gell. 15, 1, 4:

verus atque sincerus Stoicus,

id. 1, 2, 7 et saep.:

mirabilia multa, nihil simplex, nihil sincerum,

natural, genuine, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2:

nihil est jam sanctum neque sincerum in civitate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

aliquid non sinceri,

id. Div. 2, 57, 118:

fides,

Liv. 39, 2, 1:

concordia,

Tac. A. 3, 64:

caritas,

id. ib. 2, 42.—Hence, advv.

sincērē, uprightly, honestly, well, frankly, sincerely: sincere dicere, * Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 97:

satin' ego oculis utilitatem obtineo sincere, an parum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 28:

sincere et ex animo dicere,

Cat. 109, 4: pronunciare, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20: agere, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9:

administrare provincias,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.— Comp., Gell. 6 (7), 3, 55.— Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Volus. 3 fin. —

sincērĭter, sincerely:

aliquid cupere,

Gell. 13, 16, 1; Cod. Just. 8, 28, 10.

văs, vădis, m., a bail, security, surety (in gen., while praes is confined to pecuniary matters; cf.

also sponsio): vas appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat,

Varr. L. L. 6, 74 Müll.:

vas factus est alter (Damon) ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset ipsi,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

vades poscere,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

se dare vadem pro amico,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

deserere vades,

Liv. 39, 41, 7; Hor. S. 1, 1, 11 Heind.—

Trop.:

vestram virtutem rerum quas gesturus sum, vadem praedemque habeo,

Curt. 9, 2, 25.

vās, vāsis; plur. vāsa, ōrum (anteclass. collat. form of the nom. sing. vāsum, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 544, 26; Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 33 sq.:

vasus fictilis,

Petr. 57, 8; dat. plur. vasibus, Gargil. Martial. Pomif. Arb. 4, 4; apocopated, vas' argenteis, for vasis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153), n. [Sanscr. root, vas-, to put on; vastram, clothing; Gr. hennumi, heima; Lat. vestis].

In gen., a vessel, dish; also, a utensil, implement of any kind:

vasa ahena ex aedibus (rapere),

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 61:

aliquod vasum argenteum Aut aliquod vasum ahenum,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 33:

nihil relinquo in aedibus Nec vas nec vestimentum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 89:

corpus quasi vas est, aut aliquod animi receptaculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; cf. Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 4:

quassatis undique vasis, Diffluere umorem,

Lucr. 3, 435:

sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

vinarium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

argentea,

id. ib.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 72:

Corinthia et Deliaca,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

Samia,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 41; Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

escaria,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18.—Of implements for supporting any thing:

si vasa sint legata, non solum ea continentur, quae aliquid in se recipiunt edendi bibendique causā paratum, sed etiam quae aliquid sustineant: et ideo scutellas vel promulsidaria contineri,

Dig. 34, 2, 20.—

Military equipments, baggage:

ille ex Siciliā jam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat,

had packed up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

vasa colligere,

Liv. 21, 47, 2; 27, 47, 8; cf.

trop.: vasa in senectute colligere,

Sen. Ep. 19, 1:

vasa conclamare,

to give the signal for packing up, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: 3, 37.—

Agricultural implements:

vasa quae utilia culturae sunt, aratrum, ligones, sarcula, falces, bidentes,

Dig. 33, 7, 8.—

Of beehives, Col. 9, 6, 1.—

Of hunting implements, Grat. Cyn. 219.—

In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 70; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 41.

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