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  • 1 otiosus

    ōtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle (class.; cf. feriatus, immunis; opp. negotiosus).
    I.
    Of persons.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nimis otiosum te arbitror hominem esse,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40:

    quamvis etiam maneo otiosus hic,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15:

    cum essem otiosus domi,

    Cic. Brut. 3, 10:

    rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Without official employment, free from public affairs:

    quo in studio hominum quoque ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219:

    quem locum nos otiosi convertimus,

    in an interval of leisure, id. Div. 2, 30, 63:

    Graeculum se atque otiosum putari maluit,

    id. Sest. 51, 110: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, that he was never less at leisure than when [p. 1285] free from official business, Cato ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:

    cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

    cum otiosus stilum prehenderat,

    id. Brut. 24, 93.—
    2.
    With respect to participation, quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral:

    spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26:

    quidam enim non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minabantur,

    id. Marcell. 6, 18.—
    3.
    Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil:

    etiam istos, quibus odio est otium, quietissimos atque otiosissimos reddam,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

    vide ut otiosus it,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—
    4.
    Of style, tedious, dull:

    (Cicero) lentus est in principiis, longus in narrationibus, otiosus circa excessus,

    Tac. Or. 22.—
    5.
    That has leisure for any thing; with gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,
    C.
    Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a private person, one not in official life:

    et facilior et tutior vita est otiosorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70:

    otioso vero et nihil agenti privato,... quando imperium senatus dedit?

    id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—
    2.
    Non-combatants, civilians:

    crudeliter enim otiosis minabantur,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi):

    militare nomen grave inter otiosos,

    Tac. Agr. 40.—
    II.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otioso in otio animus nescit, quid velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.):

    ego, cui fuerit ne otium quidem umquam otiosum,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, idle, unemployed (opp. occupatus), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:

    senectus,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 49:

    his supplicationum otiosis diebus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:

    quid quiete otiosius animi,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Idle, useless, unprofitable, superfluous (cf.:

    ignavus, iners, desidiosus): sententiae,

    Quint. 1, 1, 35:

    sermo,

    id. 8, 2, 19:

    otiosissimae occupationes,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so,

    otiosum est persequi singula,

    Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—
    2.
    Quiet, free from any thing; with ab:

    animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:

    ab animo,

    id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26:

    a metu,

    Gell. 2, 29, 9:

    quid est animi quiete otiosius,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—
    3.
    With a quiet or gentle motion, quiet, gentle:

    fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus,

    flowing quietly, gently, Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.
    A.
    Lit., at leisure, at ease, without occupation:

    vivere,

    Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97:

    inambulare in foro,

    Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

    sequi,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8:

    ire,

    id. Ep. 5, 1, 21:

    magnast res, quam ego tecum otiose, si otiumst, cupio loqui,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Calmly, quietly, without haste, gently, gradually: ambula ergo cito. Sy. Immo otiose, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare):

    bene et otiose percoquere,

    Cato, R. R. 76 fin.:

    contemplari unumquodque otiose et considerare coepit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    quaerere,

    id. Fin. 4, 13, 22:

    segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere,

    Liv. 2, 57.—
    2.
    Free from fear, quietly, fearlessly:

    ademptum tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otiose ut dormias,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.

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  • 2 īgnāvus

        īgnāvus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 in+gnavus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly: adeon me ignavom putas, Ut, etc., T.: homo ignavior: miles: ex ignavo strenuum exercitum fieri, S.: ignavissimus ad opera hostis, L.: legiones operum, Ta.: canis adversum lupos, H.: senectus: animo, Ta. —As subst m.: in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur: in victoriā vel ignavis gloriari licet, S.—Poet.: nemora, i. e. unfruitful, V.: otia, O.: lux, an idle day, Iu.—That renders slothful, making inactive: ratio, relaxing: genus hoc interrogationis: frigus, O.: aestus, O.
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    ignava -um, ignavior -or -us, ignavissimus -a -um ADJ
    lazy/idle/sluggish; spiritless; cowardly, faint-hearted; ignoble, mean; useless

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  • 3 ōtiōsus

        ōtiōsus adj. with sup.    [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle: maneo hic, T.: domi.—Without official employment, free from public affairs: vita: quem locum nos otiosi convertimus, in an interval of leisure: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, never busier than when free from official business: ad urbem te otiosissimum esse.—As subst, a private person, one not in official life: vita otiosorum.— Quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral: spatium ab hoste, undisturbed, Cs.: non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minari.—Plur. as subst, non-combatants, civilians: crudeliter enim otiosisismi minabantur: militare nomen grave inter otiosos, Ta. —Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil: Animo otioso esse, T.: te venire Otiosum ab animo, at ease, T.: quibus odio est otium.— Of things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otium: Neapolis, H.
    * * *
    otiosa -um, otiosior -or -us, otiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    idle; unemployed, unoccupied, at leisure; peaceful, disengaged, free of office

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  • 4 vacō

        vacō āvī, ātus, āre,    to be empty, be void, be vacant, be without, not to contain: villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret: maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime vacare agros, to be uninhabited, Cs.: ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles, O.: Ora vacent epulis, i. e. abstain from, O.: haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant, Cs.— To be unoccupied, be vacant, be ownerless: cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, L.: Piso si adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus, i. e. no system would be without a representative.—Fig., to be vacant, be free, be without, be unoccupied: nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest: amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo, remains aloof from: res p. et milite illic et pecuniā vacet, be relieved from furnishing, L.: nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat a scribendo: a publico officio et munere: ab opere (milites), Cs.—To be free from labor, be idle, be at leisure, have leisure, have time: quamvis occupatus sis... aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, etc.: Dum perago tecum pauca vaca, i. e. attend, O.: philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco, have time for: In grande opus, O.: teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat, i. e. in idle hours, O.: si vacat, Iu.: si vacet annalīs nostrorum audire laborum, if there is time, V.: Hactenus indulsisse vacat, i. e. it is permitted, V.: Non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Iovi, Jupiter has no leisure for trifles, O.
    * * *
    vacare, vacavi, vacatus V
    be empty; be vacant; be idle; be free from, be unoccupied

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  • 5 ferior

    fērĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [feriac], to rest from work, to keep holiday (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class. and very rare for ferias habere, agere; but class. in the P. a.):

    Achilles ab armis feriabatur,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7:

    non fuerunt feriati,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.:

    male feriatos Troas,

    keeping festival at an unseasonable time, Hor. C. 4, 6, 14:

    animus feriaturus,

    Sid. Ep. 9, 11 med.:

    sabatho etiam a bonis operibus,

    Ambros. in Luc. 5, § 39.—Hence, fē-rĭātus, a, um, P. a., keeping holiday, unoccupied, disengaged, at leisure, idle.
    A.
    Prop.:

    familia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 4:

    Deum sic feriatum volumus cessatione torpere,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 102:

    feriatus ne sis,

    be not idle, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 62:

    voluntate sua feriati a negotiis publicis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58: feriatus ab iis studiis, in quae, etc., Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2:

    meditatio argutiarum, in qua id genus homines consenescunt male feriati quos philosophos vulgus esse putat,

    with leisure ill employed, Gell. 10, 22, 24:

    toga feriata,

    long disused, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (very rare):

    machaera feriata,

    unemployed, idle, Plaut. Mil. 1, 7; so,

    toga,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 2: freta, quiet, still, Prud. steph. 6, 156:

    dies feriatus,

    a holiday, Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 6; 10, 24, 3; Dig. 2, 12, 2; 6; 9.

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  • 6 iners

    ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    inerte,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

    artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

    homo non inertissimus,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —
    II.
    In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

    gerro, iners, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

    vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

    Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

    senectus,

    id. de Sen. 11, 36:

    homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    pecus,

    Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

    fera membris,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

    inertissima segnitia,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

    empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

    aquae,

    stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

    stomachus,

    i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

    glaebae,

    that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

    terra,

    motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

    horae,

    leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

    tempus,

    Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

    Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

    Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

    caro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

    blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

    Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

    sal,

    id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

    frigus,

    Ov. M. 8, 790:

    somni,

    id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

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  • 7 inerter

    ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    inerte,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

    artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

    homo non inertissimus,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —
    II.
    In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

    gerro, iners, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

    vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

    Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

    senectus,

    id. de Sen. 11, 36:

    homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    pecus,

    Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

    fera membris,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

    inertissima segnitia,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

    empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

    aquae,

    stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

    stomachus,

    i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

    glaebae,

    that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

    terra,

    motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

    horae,

    leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

    tempus,

    Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

    Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

    Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

    caro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

    blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

    Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

    sal,

    id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

    frigus,

    Ov. M. 8, 790:

    somni,

    id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

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  • 8 dēsideō

        dēsideō sēdī, —, ēre    [de + sedeo], to sit long, sit idle, remain inactive: totum diem, T.: aquila ramis, Ph.
    * * *
    desidere, desedi, desessus V INTRANS
    sit; settle down; remain seated/sitting; loiter/hang about, be idle/slothful; settle (sediment); defecate; deteriorate, degenerate; remain inactive (L+S)

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  • 9 dēsidiōsus

        dēsidiōsus adj. with sup.    [desidia], slothful, indolent, lazy, idle: Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet, O.— Causing idleness, making lazy: inlecebrae cupiditatum: desidiosissimum otium.
    * * *
    desidiosa -um, desidiosior -or -us, desidiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    idle, indolent, lazy; slothful; causing idleness, making lazy (L+S)

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  • 10 dormiō

        dormiō īvī, ītum, īre,     to sleep: dormiunt: istos commovebo, T.: In nive, camp out, H. — Supin. acc.: dormitum ego (eo), H.: dormitum dimittitur, H.— Pass impers.: minimum dormitur in illo (lecto), Iu.—Prov.: non omnibus dormio.—Fig., to rest, be at ease, be inactive, be idle: quibus beneficia dormientibus deferuntur.
    * * *
    dormire, dormivi, dormitus V INTRANS
    sleep, rest; be/fall asleep; behave as if asleep; be idle, do nothing

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  • 11 quiētus

        quiētus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of quiesco], at rest, free from exertion, inactive, in repose: Sex te mensīs quietum reddam, T.: aër, V.: amnes, flowing gently, H.: Quietiore ferri aequore, H.— Undisturbed, free from agitation, quiet, peaceful: aetatem quietam traducere: quietā re p.: quieto exercitu pacatum agrum peragravit, L.: habuit post id factum quietiorem Galliam, Cs.: pacatissima et quietissima pars, Cs.: nihilo quietiora ea (hiberna) aestivis habuit, L.: nihil apud hostīs quietum pati, quo minus popularetur, etc., Ta.: omnia a bello, L.— Plur n. as subst: quieta movere, the public tranquillity, S.— Inactive, taking no part, neutral: ne Iugurtha quidem interea quietus erat, idle, S.: aut boni sunt aut quieti: quieto sedente rege ad Elpeum, L.—Of speech, calm, quiet: sermo.—Of time, undisturbed, restful, quiet: caelestium quieti dies feriae nominarentur: neque Iugurthae dies aut nox ulla quieta fuit, S.—Fig., quiet, calm, unruffled, still, silent: homines: virtus, quae in tempestate saevā quieta est: quieto sum animo: quietus aciem exornat, quietly, S.: Quietus esto, inquam, don't be uneasy, T.
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    quieta -um, quietior -or -us, quietissimus -a -um ADJ
    at rest; quiet, tranquil, calm, peaceful; orderly; neutral; still; idle

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  • 12 rūmusculus

        rūmusculus ī, m dim.    [rumor], idle talk, common gossip: inperitorum hominum rumusculi: rumusculi popularis aurae.
    * * *
    trifling rumor, idle talk, gossip

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  • 13 vāniloquentia

        vāniloquentia ae, f    [vaniloquus], idle talk, prating, vaunting, L., Ta.
    * * *
    idle talk, chatter; boastful speech

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  • 14 alucinatio

    wandering in mind, idle dream, delusion; idle/aimless behavior (w/mentis)

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  • 15 halucinatio

    wandering in mind, idle dream, delusion; idle/aimless behavior (w/mentis)

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  • 16 somnium

    somnĭum, ii, n. [id.].
    I.
    Lit., a dream, Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 58, 119; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3; Lact. Opif. Dei, 18: rex Priamus somnio perculsus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 59 Vahl.):

    dum huic conicio somnium,

    interpret, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3; cf. id. Rud. 3, 1, 19:

    interpretes somniorum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:

    jucundissima somnia,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 55:

    per somnia loquentes,

    talking in their sleep, Lucr. 5, 1158; cf.:

    quae somnio visa fuerant,

    Liv. 8, 6, 11 Weissenb.—
    B.
    Personified: Somnia, dreams, as divinities, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Ov. M. 11, 588; 11, 614 sq—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    For any thing idle, silly, or without foundation (cf. somnio, II.), a dream, an idle whim or fancy, stuff, nonsense:

    tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es: Ille somnium,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 41:

    de argento, somnium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 50; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 34.— Plur.:

    fabulae!... logi!... somnia!

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 9:

    et vigilans stertis nec somnia cernere cessas,

    visions, Lucr. 3, 1048; cf. id. 1, 105:

    spes inanes et velut somnia quaedam vigilantium,

    Quint. 6, 2, 30: exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed delirantium somnia, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 42:

    Chrysippus Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 39:

    leviter curare videtur, Quo promissa cadant et somnia Pythagorea,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.—
    B.
    Poet.:

    Somnus, tibi somnia tristia portans,

    i. e. fatal sleep, Verg. A. 5, 840.

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  • 17 vacantia

    văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., of space, etc.
    1.
    Absol.:

    quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 507; so,

    spatium,

    id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

    inane,

    id. 1, 520:

    villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

    Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

    maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

    to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

    ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

    Ov. M. 2, 256:

    odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

    id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

    haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—
    2.
    With abl. (so most freq.):

    illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

    mens vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

    hoste vacare domos,

    Verg. A. 3, 123:

    (domus) quae Igne vacet,

    Ov. M. 2, 764:

    custode vacans,

    id. ib. 2, 422:

    ora vacent epulis,

    i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —
    3.
    With ab:

    haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.
    1.
    With abl.:

    ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

    nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

    omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

    studiis,

    id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    curā et negotio,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    vitio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

    culpā,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

    criminibus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 34:

    febri,

    Cels. 2, 14 med.:

    morbis,

    Dig. 21, 1, 53:

    amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

    keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

    be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—
    2.
    With ab and abl.:

    nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

    (rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

    id. Deiot. 9, 27:

    a publico officio et munere,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

    ab opere (milites),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

    ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

    Liv. 7, 1:

    vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

    Col. 12, 3, 8:

    a culpā,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

    a periculo,

    id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

    a negotiis,

    Phaedr. 3 prol.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

    quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    si vacabis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    si forte vacas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—
    2.
    After the Aug. per. esp. freq.
    a.
    Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

    philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

    huic uni negotio vacare,

    Vell. 2, 114, 1:

    ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

    Curt. 6, 7, 21:

    paulum etiam palaestricis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 15:

    studio operis pulcherrimi,

    id. 12, 1, 4:

    foro,

    id. 10, 1, 114:

    clientium negotiis,

    Tac. A. 16, 22:

    non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

    Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

    have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

    dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—
    b.
    Vacare ad aliquid:

    non vaco ad istas ineptias,

    Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

    in grande opus,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

    sternere acies,

    Stat. Th. 8, 185.—
    c.
    Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    (α).
    With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

    tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

    Quint. 10, 1, 58:

    non vacabit incohare haec studia,

    id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—
    (β).
    With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

    nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

    non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

    nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

    id. M. 5, 334:

    obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

    Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    cui esse diserto vacet,

    id. 11, 1, 50:

    quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

    teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

    si vacat,

    Juv. 1, 21. —
    B.
    Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

    cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 42, 4, 3:

    fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

    Dig. 41, 3, 37:

    si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

    ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —
    2.
    Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

    si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

    rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

    id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

    locus,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

    metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

    Quint. 8, 6, 18:

    regnum,

    Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

    saltus,

    Verg. G. 3, 477:

    balneae,

    Tac. H. 3, 11:

    bona,

    Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

    ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

    Tac. A. 3, 28.—
    B.
    Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

    qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

    Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—
    C.
    Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

    nec petiit animum vacantem,

    Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

    vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

    Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

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  • 18 vaco

    văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., of space, etc.
    1.
    Absol.:

    quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 507; so,

    spatium,

    id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

    inane,

    id. 1, 520:

    villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

    Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

    maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

    to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

    ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

    Ov. M. 2, 256:

    odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

    id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

    haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

    Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—
    2.
    With abl. (so most freq.):

    illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

    mens vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

    hoste vacare domos,

    Verg. A. 3, 123:

    (domus) quae Igne vacet,

    Ov. M. 2, 764:

    custode vacans,

    id. ib. 2, 422:

    ora vacent epulis,

    i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —
    3.
    With ab:

    haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.
    1.
    With abl.:

    ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

    nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

    omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

    studiis,

    id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    curā et negotio,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    vitio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

    culpā,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

    criminibus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 34:

    febri,

    Cels. 2, 14 med.:

    morbis,

    Dig. 21, 1, 53:

    amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

    keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

    be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—
    2.
    With ab and abl.:

    nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

    (rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

    id. Deiot. 9, 27:

    a publico officio et munere,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

    ab opere (milites),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

    ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

    Liv. 7, 1:

    vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

    Col. 12, 3, 8:

    a culpā,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

    a periculo,

    id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

    a negotiis,

    Phaedr. 3 prol.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

    quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    si vacabis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    si forte vacas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—
    2.
    After the Aug. per. esp. freq.
    a.
    Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

    philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

    huic uni negotio vacare,

    Vell. 2, 114, 1:

    ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

    Curt. 6, 7, 21:

    paulum etiam palaestricis,

    Quint. 1, 11, 15:

    studio operis pulcherrimi,

    id. 12, 1, 4:

    foro,

    id. 10, 1, 114:

    clientium negotiis,

    Tac. A. 16, 22:

    non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

    Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

    have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

    dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—
    b.
    Vacare ad aliquid:

    non vaco ad istas ineptias,

    Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

    in grande opus,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

    sternere acies,

    Stat. Th. 8, 185.—
    c.
    Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    (α).
    With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

    tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

    Quint. 10, 1, 58:

    non vacabit incohare haec studia,

    id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—
    (β).
    With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

    nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

    non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

    nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

    id. M. 5, 334:

    obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

    Quint. 10, 3, 27:

    cui esse diserto vacet,

    id. 11, 1, 50:

    quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

    teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

    si vacat,

    Juv. 1, 21. —
    B.
    Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

    cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 42, 4, 3:

    fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

    Dig. 41, 3, 37:

    si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

    ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —
    2.
    Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

    si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

    rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

    id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

    locus,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

    metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

    Quint. 8, 6, 18:

    regnum,

    Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

    saltus,

    Verg. G. 3, 477:

    balneae,

    Tac. H. 3, 11:

    bona,

    Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

    ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

    Tac. A. 3, 28.—
    B.
    Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

    qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

    Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—
    C.
    Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

    nec petiit animum vacantem,

    Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

    vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

    Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

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  • 19 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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  • 20 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vanus

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