vānus

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

In partic.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.

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.

vānesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [vanus], to pass away, disappear, vanish ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

incipiunt gravidae vanescere nubes,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 107:

Ceres in sterilem herbam,

id. Am. 3, 7, 31:

spiritus meus in auras,

id. H. 12, 85:

cuncta in cinerem,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

nigra sed infusā vancscat sepia lymphā,

Pers. 3, 13:

(nubes) pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 6.—

Trop.:

vanescitque absens et novus intrat amor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 358:

inanis credulitas tempore ipso,

Tac. A. 2, 40; cf.:

tempore ac spatio vanescere,

id. ib. 2, 82:

ira plebis,

id. ib. 5, 9:

dicta per auras,

Ov. Am. 2, 14, 41:

vos nolite pati nostrum vanescere luctum,

i. e. to be in vain, Cat. 64, 199:

cavendum est ne ipsa expositio vanescat,

Quint. 4, 3, 8:

quod magnificum alio referente fuisset, ipso qui gesserat recensente vanescit,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15.

vānĭlŏquus ( - lŏcus), a, um, adj. [vanus-loquor], talking emplily or idly, gabbling, prating, i. e.,

Lying:

quia vanilocu's, vapulabis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 223.— Ambros. Ep. 63, 7.—

Boastful, bragging, vaunting, Liv. 35, 48, 2:

ore,

Sil. 14, 280:

genus,

id. 8, 17.

vānĭlŏquus ( - lŏcus), a, um, adj. [vanus-loquor], talking emplily or idly, gabbling, prating, i. e.,

Lying:

quia vanilocu's, vapulabis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 223.— Ambros. Ep. 63, 7.—

Boastful, bragging, vaunting, Liv. 35, 48, 2:

ore,

Sil. 14, 280:

genus,

id. 8, 17.

vānĭtas, ātis, f. [vanus].

Lit., emptiness, nothingness, nullity, want of reality: nulla in caelo nec fortuna, nec temeritas, nec erratio, nec vanitas inest;

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. —

Esp., falsity, falsehood, deception, untruth, untrustworthiness, fickleness, etc.

Absol.:

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.:

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.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.