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1 iēiūnus
iēiūnus adj. with comp, fasting, abstinent, hungry: plebecula: canis, H.: serpens, Pr.: cor pora, L.: lupus ieiunis dentibus acer, H.: fames, extreme, Iu.: odium, i. e. on an empty stomach, Iu.: ieiunae negare aquam, thirsty, Pr.—Dry, barren, unproductive: ager: glarea, V.—Scanty, insignificant: Summaque ieiunā sanie infuscatur harenā, V.—Fig., poor, barren, powerless: nimis animus: animus malevolentiā.—Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low: cognitio: calumnia.—Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless: in orationibus ieiunior: concertatio verborum. -
2 pauper
pauper peris, adj. with comp. and sup. [PAV-], poor, not wealthy, of small means: homo: quae in patriā honeste pauper vivit, T.: ex pauperrimo dives factus: horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum, H.: aquae, H.—As subst m., a poor man: Pauperis est numerare pecus, O.: quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque, H.: pauperiorum turbae, H.—Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre: pauperis tuguri culmen, V.: ager, Tb.: et carmen venā pauperiore fluit, O.: pudor, Ph.* * *I IIpauperis (gen.), pauperior -or -us, pauperrimus -a -um ADJpoor/meager/unproductive; scantily endowed; cheap, of little worth; of poor man -
3 sterilis
sterilis e, adj. [1 STAR-], unfruitful, barren, sterile, unproductive: avenae, V.: herba, O.: agri, V.: tellus, O.: palus, H.: Robigo, causing sterility, H.: amor, i. e. unrequited, O.: amicus, unprofitable, Iu.: virtutum sterile saeculum, Ta.* * *sterilis, sterile ADJbarren, sterile; fruitless; unprofitable, futile -
4 infelix
infelicis (gen.), infelicior -or -us, infelicissimus -a -um ADJunfortunate, unhappy, wretched; unlucky, inauspicious; unproductive (plant) -
5 infructuosus
infructuosa, infructuosum ADJunfruitful, unproductive -
6 jejunus
jejuna -um, jejunior -or -us, jejunissimus -a -um ADJfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meager -
7 inefficax
ineffectual, unproductive, profitless / weak. -
8 infelix
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9 sterilis
barren, useless, unproductive, vain/ + gen., deprived of. -
10 inefficax
(α). (β).Absol.:ratio,
Sen. Ira, 1, 10:dii,
id. Ben. 4, 4.— Comp., Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 109: parentes inefficacissimi, i. e. very weak, Inscr. ap. Grut. 415, 10.— Adv.: ĭneffĭcācĭter, ineffectually, in vain, Dig. 49, 8, 2; Cod. Just. 6, 35, 2; Symm. Ep. 6, 53. -
11 jejunus
jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food.I.Lit.:2.in scenam qui jejunus venerit,
Plaut. Ps. prol. 12:sic expletur jejuna cupido,
hunger, Lucr. 4, 876; so,jejuna aviditas,
Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:misera ac jejuna plebecula,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11:cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:canis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 23:jejuna fessaque corpora,
Liv. 21, 55.—Of inanimate things:lupus jejunis dentibus acer,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29:Cerberus jejuno sono,
with hungry howlings, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4:tam jejuna fames?
so extreme, Juv. 5, 10:pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna,
id. 10, 232:odium,
i. e. on an empty stomach, id. 15, 51:saliva,
fasting spittle, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35.—Thirsty:B.vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam,
Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—Transf.1.Dry, barren, unproductive:2.corpora suco jejuna,
Lucr. 2, 845:ager,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84:glarea,
Verg. G. 2, 212:pars jejunior humi,
Col. 2, 4, 7.—Scanty, insignificant in quantity:II.summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena,
Verg. G. 3, 493.—Trop.A.Poor, barren, powerless:B.ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis,
id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low:C.solivaga cognitio et jejuna,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:frigida et jejuna calumnia,
id. Caecin. 21, 61:jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum,
id. Fam. 15, 17:aliquid humile et jejunum,
id. ib. 3, 10, 7.—Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless:D.si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet,
Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16:Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior,
id. Brut. 12, 48.—With gen., Cic. Or. 40:concertatio verborum,
id. de Or. 2, 16, 68; Quint. 1, 4, 5; 10, 2, 17 al.—Destitute of, without, deprived of:divitiarum avidi ac jejuni,
Just. 38, 6, 8:pecunia,
Val. Max. 4, 4, 9.— Adv.: jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit:jejune et exiliter disputare,
Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20; Gell. 19, 3:agere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.— Comp.:dicere jejunius,
Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17; id. Att. 12, 21, 1. -
12 sterilis
stĕrĭlis, e (collat. form, acc. sing. fem sterilam sterilem, Fest. p. 316 Müll.; neutr. plur. sterila, Lucr. 2, 845; abl. sterile, Apic. 7, 1, § 258), adj. [Gr. stereos, hard; steriphê, steira, barren; Sanscr. starī, vacca sterilis], unfruitful, barren, sterile, of plants and animals (class. and very freq.;B.syn infecundus): steriles nascuntur avenae,
Verg. E. 5, 37; so,ulvae,
Ov. M. 4, 299:herba,
id. Am. 3, 7, 31; Curt. 4, 1, 21:platani,
Verg. G. 2, 70:agri,
id. ib. 1, 84; id. A. 3, 141:tellus,
Ov. M. 8, 789:palus,
Hor. A. P. 65:harena,
Verg. G. 1, 70:humus,
Prop. 3, 2 (2, 11), 2; Curt. 7, 5, 34:solum,
id. 3, 4, 3:steriles nimium crasso sunt semine,
Lucr. 4, 1240; Cat. 67, 26:galli Tanagric' ad partus sunt steriliores,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6:vacca,
Verg. A. 6, 251:multae (mulie res),
Lucr. 4, 1251:viri,
i. e. eunuchs, Cat. 63, 69; Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 78; Mart. 9, 9, 8:ova,
Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 166.—Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).1.Of things, causing unfruitfulness or sterility:2.rubigo,
Hor. C. 3, 23, 6:frigus,
Luc. 4, 108:hiems,
Mart. 8, 68, 10:serere pampinariis sterile est,
produces sterility, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 157.—In gen., barren, bare, empty:II.manus,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 3:sterilis amator a datis,
bare of gifts, id. ib. 2, 1, 30:amicus,
Juv. 12, 97; Mart. 10, 18, 3:epistulae,
Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 2:saeculum,
id. ib. 5, 17, 6:civitas ad aquas,
App. M. 1, p. 106 fin.:vadum,
Sen. Thyest. 173:corpora sonitu (with jejuna succo),
that yield no sound, Lucr. 2, 845:prospectus,
without human beings, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:domus,
without children, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 62:nummi,
that do not bear interest, Dig. 22, 1, 7.—With gen.:sterilis laurus baccarum,
Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130:lapides plumbi,
id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.—Trop., unproductive, unprofitable, fruitless, useless, vain:Februarius,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2:quod monumentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile, aut vacuum laude?
Plin. Pan. 56, 2:ne sit sterile et effetum (saeculum),
id. Ep. 5, 17, 6:fama (with cassa),
Stat. Th. 6, 70:labor,
Mart. 10, 58, 8:pax,
Tac. A. 1, 17:amor,
i. e. unreturned, unrequited, Ov. M. 1, 496; Stat. S. 3, 4, 42:cathedrae,
unprofitable, Mart. 1, 76, 14; Juv. 7, 203:litus sterili versamus aratro,
id. 7, 49.—With gen., destitute, deprived of, unacquainted with:urbes talium studiorum fuere steriles,
Vell. 1, 18 fin.:non adeo virtutum sterile saeculum,
Tac. H. 1, 3:heu steriles veri!
Pers. 5, 75. -
13 vacuum
văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)I.In gen.A.Lit., in material sense.(α).Absol.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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.):b.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:B. (α).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.—With abl.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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:II.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.).A.Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:B.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:C.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:D.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:E.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. -
14 vacuus
văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)I.In gen.A.Lit., in material sense.(α).Absol.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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.):b.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:B. (α).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.—With abl.:(β).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.:(γ).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.:(δ).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:II.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.).A.Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:B.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:C.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:D.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:E.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.
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