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  • 1 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.:

    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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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  • 2 vacuus

        vacuus adj. with sup.    [cf. vaco], empty, void, unoccupied, vacant, free, clear, devoid of, without: castra, Cs.: Perque domos Ditis vacuas, V.: Aëra per vacuum ferri, V.: Acerrae, unpeopled, V.: agri, deserted, V.: partem aedium vacuam fecere, L.: aula, H.: equi, riderless, L.: lectus, O.: ossa vacuis exsucta medullis, Iu.: gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus: defensoribus moenia, L.: cultoribus agri, O.: Messana ab his rebus: oppidum ab defensoribus, without, Cs.: ager frugum vacuus, S.—As subst n., an empty space, vaeant place, void, vacuity: in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami, V.: per vacuum incurrere, H.— Fig., free, freed, clear, devoid of, without: animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus: Crimine nox vacua est, O.: hora nulla vacua a furto reperietur: ab odio, S.: censores vacui ab operum locandorum curā, L.: vacuas caedis habete manūs, O.: operum vacuus, H.: cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, L.—Free from labor, without business, at leisure, idle, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, not engrossed: quoniam vacui sumus, dicam: si es animo vacuo, expone: pedibus vacuis terere Porticum, O.: Cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes, V.: Rutilius animo vacuus, i. e. undisturbed, S.: Qui (te) semper vacuam sperat, i. e. heart-free, H.: Nec rursus iubeo, dum sit (domus Augusti) vacuissima, quaeras, i. e. till it is absolutely at leisure, O.—Of places, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed (poet.): Tibur, H.: tonsoris in umbrā, H.: mare, unguarded, Ta.—Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure: vacuos dies habere: vacuam noctem operi dedere, L.—Of women, free, unmarried, single: Hersilia, i. e. widowed, O.: Elige de vacuis, among the single, O.—Of possessions, free, vacant, without occupant, unappropriated: possessio regni, Cs.: prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum: Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi, Ta.—As subst n.: si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias, into the vacant property, H.—Empty, vain, worthless: tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem, H.
    * * *
    vacua, vacuum ADJ
    empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid of, free of

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  • 3 vacuus

    empty, devoid of, free from.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > vacuus

  • 4 super-vacuus

        super-vacuus adj.,    useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant: Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat, H.: sepulcri honores, H.: metus, O.: quod diutius exsequi supervacuum est, Cu.—In the phrase, ex supervacuo, to no purpose, L.

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  • 5 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.:

    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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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  • 6 vastus

    vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
    I.
    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).—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.
    1.
    (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.—
    2.
    (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.

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  • 7 culpa

        culpa ae, f    [SCARP-], a fault, error, blame, guilt, failure, defect: delicti: omnes culpae istius avaritiae, maiestatis, crudelitatis: quicquid huius factumst culpā, T.: In culpā est, to blame, T.: non est ista mea culpa, sed temporum: qui in eādem culpā sint, share: in quo est tua culpa nonnulla, you are not without fault: a culpā vacuus, S.: conscia culpae, O.: ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis, L.: culpa, quae te est penes, T.: extra culpam esse: eius rei culpam in multitudinem coniecerunt, Cs.: suam culpam ad negotia transferre, S.: in culpā ponere aliquem: Si mora pro culpā est, O.: tua aetas emovit culpas, H.: fata, quae manent culpas, H.—Person.: ludus erat culpā potare magistrā (i. e. a game in which the loser must drink), H.: Culpam Poena premit comes, H.—Poet.: Huic uni succumbere culpae, temptation, V.— Unchastity: Virginum, H.: hoc praetexit nomine culpam, V.—Remissness, neglect: rem facere culpā minorem, H.—The mischievous thing, mischief: continuo culpam (sc. ovem aegram) ferro compesce, V.
    * * *
    fault/blame/responsibility (w/GEN); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence; offense; error; (sense of) guilt; fault/defect (moral/other); sickness/injury

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  • 8 gladius

        gladius ī, m     a sword: vaginā vacuus, drawn: gladiis res geritur, S.: gladios strinxerunt, drew, Cs.: gladiis destrictis, Cs.: gladium e vaginā eduxit: Nudare gladios, O.: cum gladiis sequi consulem: Proxuma quaeque metit gladio, V.: gladiorum impunitas, i. e. of murder: magna est gladiorum licentia.—Provv.: Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, hoist with his own petar, T.: plumbeo gladio iugulatus, i. e. easily refuted.
    * * *
    I II

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  • 9 interventor

        interventor ōris, m    [BA-], a visitor, intruder: vacuus ab interventoribus dies.

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  • 10 latrō

        latrō ōnis, m    [2 LV-].—Orig., a mercenary soldier ; hence, a freebooter, highwayman, robber, footpad, bandit, brigand, L.: multitudo latronum, Cs.: viator a latrone occiditur: Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator, Iu.: leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.: latronis telum, the hunter's dart, V. —Of a wolf, Ph.— A chessman, pawn: latronum proelia, O.
    * * *
    I
    latrare, latravi, latratus V
    bark, bark at
    II
    robber, brigand, bandit; plunderer

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  • 11 supervacāneus

        supervacāneus adj.    [super-vacuus], over and above, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supererogatory, redundant: opus, i. e. of leisure hours: oratio, L.: iter, L.: omnia ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit: de timore supervacaneum est disserere, S.: quin alter consul pro supervacaneo habeatur, L.
    * * *
    supervacanea, supervacaneum ADJ
    redundant; unnecessary

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  • 12 vacuēfaciō

        vacuēfaciō fēcī, factus, ere    [vacuus+facio], to make empty, empty, clear, free: adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt: Scyrum, N.
    * * *
    vacuefacere, vacuefeci, vacuefactus V TRANS
    make empty; empty

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  • 13 vacuitās

        vacuitās ātis, f    [vacuus], a being without, freedom, absence, exemption: omnis molestiae: ab angoribus.—Of office, a vacancy: consulum.
    * * *
    vacancy, empty space; absence of, freedom/exemption from; leisure, indolence

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  • 14 agitatio

    ăgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], the state of being in motion, motion, movement, agitation (in good class. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    agitationes fluctuum,

    Cic. Mur. 17:

    agitatio et motus linguae,

    id. N. D. 2, 54:

    lecticae,

    Liv. 27, 29:

    agitatione agitabitur terra,

    Vulg. Isa. 24, 20.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly in philos. lang.), activity:

    numquam animus agitatione et motu esse vacuus potest,

    Cic. Div. 2, 62, 128:

    adhibenda est actio quaedam, non solum mentis agitatio,

    contemplation, thought, id. Off. 1, 5 fin.:

    magnarum rerum agitatio et administratio,

    id. Inv. 2, 54:

    studiorum,

    prosecution, id. Sen. 7:

    opus est sapienti agitatione virtutum,

    the practice, exercise, Sen. Ep. 109:

    agitatione rerum ad virtutem capessendam excitari,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, 1.

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  • 15 area

    ārĕa (in inscriptions freq. ARIA, Inscr. Orell. 4130, etc.), ae, f [some comp. eraze = on the ground; Germ. Erde; Engl. earth, hearth; others, as Varro and Festus, connected it with areo, as if pr. dry land, as terra may be connected with torreo; so Bopp and Curt.], a piece of level ground, a vacant place, esp. in the town (syn.:

    planities, aequor): in urbe loca pura areae,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll: area proprie dicitur locus vacuus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.: locus sine aedificio in urbe area;

    rure autem ager appellatur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 211.
    I.
    Lit., ground for a house, a building-spot:

    si Ponendae domo quaerenda est area primum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 13. arearum electio, Vitr. 1, 7, 1:

    pontifices si sustulerint religionem, aream praeclaram habebimus,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1 fin.; Liv. 4, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Vesp. 8; Dig. 7, 4, 10 al.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A vacant space around or in a house, a court (syn. spatium):

    resedimus in areā domŭs,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4; so id. ib. 7, 27, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 22, 10; Dig. 43, 22, 1; 8, 2, 1 al.—
    B.
    An open space for games, an open play-ground (syn.:

    campus, curriculum),

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 18.— Hence, in gen., a field for effort, etc. (syn.:

    campus, locus, q. v.),

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 26, and trop.:

    area scelerum,

    i. e. where vices have full scope, Cic. Att. 9, 18.—Also, a raceground, Ov. F. 4, 10 (cf. id. ib. 2, 360); and trop., the course of life:

    vitae tribus areis peractis (i. e. pueritiā, juventute, senectute),

    Mart. 10, 24.—
    C.
    A threshing floor (among the ancients, an open space in the vicinity of the house).
    1.
    Lit.:

    neque in segetibus neque in areis neque in horreis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8; Hor. C. 1, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 1, 45; Tib. 1, 5, 22; Vulg. Gen. 50, 10; ib. Isa. 21, 10. Its construction may be learned from Cato, R. R. 91 and 129; Varr. R. R. 1, 51; Verg. G. 1, 178 sqq. Voss; Col. 5, 1, 4; 5, 2, 20; and Pall. 1, 36 al.—
    2.
    Trop., of the body of Christians, as subject to separation, judgment (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 3, 12; Aug. Ver. Rel. 5.—
    D.
    The halo around the sun or moon: tales splendores Graeci areas (i. e. halônas) vocavere, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2.—
    E.
    A bed or border in a garden, Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Col. 11, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Pall. 1, 34.—
    F.
    A fowling-floor, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 64: aedes nobis area est;

    auceps sum ego,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 67.—
    G.
    A burying-ground, church-yard, Tert. ad Scap. 3. —
    H.
    A bald spot upon the head, baldness, Cels. 6, 4; Mart. 5, 50.

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  • 16 cassa

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 17 cassum

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 18 cassus

    cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.
    I.
    Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).
    A.
    Absol.:

    nux,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

    glans,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

    canna,

    unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —
    B.
    Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.
    1.
    With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

    virgo dote cassa,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

    lumine aër,

    Lucr. 4, 368:

    lumine corpus,

    id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

    animā corpus,

    id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

    cassus lumine (= vitā),

    deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

    and in like sense aethere cassus,

    Verg. A. 11, 104:

    simulacra cassa sensu,

    Lucr. 4, 127.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    cassus luminis ensis,

    Cic. Arat. 369.—
    3.
    With ab:

    elementum ab omnibus,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—
    II.
    Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

    copia verborum,

    Lucr. 4, 511:

    vota,

    Verg. A. 12, 780:

    fertilitas terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 482:

    fraus,

    Luc. 5, 130:

    consilia,

    Sen. Troad. 570:

    viae,

    vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

    labores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

    manus,

    without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

    augur futuri,

    false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

    omen,

    id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

    palearum,

    Sol. 52;

    esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

    to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

    cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

    were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

    ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

    furere,

    Verg. G. 3, 100:

    longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

    id. A. 3, 345:

    tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

    id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

    quae profecto incassum agebantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

    vana incassum jactare tela,

    Liv. 10, 29, 2:

    incassum missae preces,

    id. 2, 49, 8:

    aliquid incassum disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

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  • 19 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 20 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circa

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