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without an occupant (the consulship, for 
instance). JO. Brut, ad Cic. ad JOiv. 11, 
10. where Ed. Em. has vacuitas. 
VXCIVdS (vaco), a, um, adj. empty, void. 
3 Plaut. Ut bene vacivas aides l'ecisti 
niilli!-IT Figur. void, devoid, without. 
Plaut. Valens afflictet me vacivurn vi- 
rium. Tcrent.. Tempus vacivum labo- 
ris. — Also, unoccupied, at leisure. Plaut. 
aures. 
VACB (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to be 
empty or void, ksv 6; tipi. Cic. Tota 
domus superior vacat, h. c. is yet unoc¬ 
cupied. Ovid. Odi, cum iate splendida 
cera vacat, is empty, bare, blank, not 
written on. Scnec. Cernis, ut rips va- 
cent? A. e. vacua; sint aquis. Cees. Hsc 
a custodiis classium loca maxime vaca- 
bant. Id. Vacant agri, h. e. are without 
inhabitants and without culture, are unin¬ 
habited and uncultivated. Hirt. Ea pars 
oppidi, qua: fluminis circuitu vacabat, 
h. e. was not surrounded by the river. - 
IT Hence, to be without something, be 
void or destitute of; to be free or clear 
from. Cic. justitia ( ablat.), to be without, 
be devoid of. Id. Or. 3,11. Athenien- 
ses studiis vacant, peregrini fruuntur, 
do not practise. Id. culpa, to be without 
or free from. Id. molestia. Cels, febri. 
Cic. Natura coelestis terra et humore 
vacat. Si (amplitudo animi) vacet po- 
pulo, li. e. careat populo et testibus sus 
virtutis. — Also, with a; thus, Liv. a 
metu ac periculis. - IT Also, to be 
empty or vacant, to be without a possessor, 
stand open, be unoccupied, axohd^ctn. 
Brut, in Cic. Ep. Quid nostra victum 
esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii va- 
caret, quod ille obtinuit ? Plin. Ep. 
ltogo, ut Acciurn Suram praitura exor- 
nare digneris, cum locus vacet , when 
there is a vacancy. So, Cic. M. Piso si 
adesset, nullius philosophies vacaret lo¬ 
cus. Justin. Vacat regnum. Pandect. 
Agnati ceterique succedent: aut si nemo 
sit, bona vacabunt. Id. Bona vacantia 
ad fiscum pertinent. So, Tacit.. Popu- 
lus vacantia (sc. bona) teneret, li. c. va¬ 
cant, without owner or heir. - IT Also, 
to be vacant, h.e. to have no husband or 
lover, a virgin or a widow. Pandect. 
Mulier vaeans. - IT Also, to be free 
from something, as from taxes, ser¬ 
vices; to be exempt, enjoy immunity 
from. Cic. Vacat tetas nostra mu neri- 
bus iis, qua: non possunt sine viribus 
sustineri. Liv. Respublica et milite 
et pecunia vacet, be free from the neces¬ 
sity of furnishing. - V Also, to be 
without business, to be at leisure, be idle or 
disengaged, have time, have nothing to do, 
oxoM^eiv. Cic. Scribes aliquid, si va- 
cabis. Ovid. Animus vaeans. Cic. Si 
vacas animo. Hot at. Festus vacat oti- 
oso cum hove pagus. — Hence, Vacat, 
there is time or leisure, I, thou, he, &c. 
have leisure to do this or that. Virg. 
Si vacet annales nostrorunr audire la- 
borum, you have leisure to hear. Ovid. 
Non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi, 
Jove has not leisure to, &cc. Quintil. 
Vacat mihi esse diserto. Ovid. Pro- 
perentur amores, dum vacat, there is 
time or leisure. Plin. Ep. Quo magis 
te, cui vacat, liortor, iili te expolien- 
dum permittas, who have leisure. It is 
also, it pleases it is my, thy, &c. pleas¬ 
ure'; I, &f. wul; thus, Virg. Si vacet 
audire, if ii pleases you, if you will (but 
see above). Also, Vacat, for licet, fas 
est, it is allowed, it is permitted. Virg. 
JEn. 10, 625. — Hence, Vacare rei, to 
have time for, have leisure to attend to, be 
at leisure for, be at liberty to apply to ; to 
apply to, devote one's time to, be devoted to. 
Cic. De quibus quid sentiam, si placet 
exponam, ita tamen si vacas animo. 
Ego vero, inquam, philosophic, Quinte, 
semper vaco. Plin. Ep. In itinere, 
quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni 
vacabat. Vellei. Tanquam distractis- 
simus ille tantorum onerum mole, huic 
uni negotio vacaret animus. Sueton. 
Quod inter spectandum libellis legen- 
dis ac rescribendis vacaret. Also, Ov¬ 
id. Dum canto tua regna, in nullum 
mea mens grande vacavit opus. And 
Quintil. alicui. Also, with in fin. Stat. 
— Figur. to be or lie idle, be unoccupied ; 
is money which is not let out. Pan¬ 
dect. So, also, Sabin. Vacantia vina, 
h. e. not yet brought upon table. — Also, 
figur. to be idle, h. e. to be useless or su¬ 
perfluous. Oell. Vacantia auferre, super¬ 
fluities. -IT Perf. Vacuit. Tertull. 
VACue (vacuus), adv. emptily, unprofita- 
3 bly. Arnob. 
VAC0EFACI8 (vacuus & facio), is, feci, 
factum, a. 3. (pass. Vacuefio, fieri, 
factus sum), to make void or empty, clear, 
kcv6w. JVcpos. Scyrum, quam eo tem¬ 
pore Dolopes incolebant, vacuefecit. 
Jd. Possessiones vacuefactoe hello, made 
vacant, deserted. Cic. Cat. 1, 6. Quum 
morte superiors uxoris novis nuptiis 
(dat.) dornum vacuefecisses (Ed. Em., 
but Matthiae, and after him Mcebius and 
Benecke, read domuni vacuam fecisses; 
for the meaning of the expression, see 
Vacuus). Macrob. locum alicui, give 
him a vacant place at supper. -IT Also, 
to put away, abolish. Lactant. -IT Al¬ 
so, to make something void of or free 
from something, to free, clear. Val. Max. 
fasces securibus, It. e. to take the axes 
out of the fasces Id. Sentina vacue- 
factus exercitus. 
VACO IT AS (vacuus), atis, f. emptiness, 
vacuity, kcv6tiis ; or empty space, interval. 
Vitruv. - IT Hence, the being without 
a thing, freedom or exemption from, 
want. Cic. Ipsa liberatione et vacui- 
tate omnis molestia: gaudemus, h. e. a 
molestia. Id. Vacuitas ab angoribus. 
-IT Also, the vacancy of an office, for 
instance. D. Brut, in Cic. Ep. ad Div. 
11. 10. Quantam cupiditatem hornini- 
bus injiciat vacuitas, vacancy, h. e. there 
being no consuls (al. vacivitas). - 
IT Also, leisure. Vitruv. 
VACuNA (vaco), ®,f. the goddess of leisure, 
to whom the rustics offered sacrifice, when 
at leisure from the labors of the field, or 
after gathering in the harvest. Horat. — 
Hence L Vacunalis, e, adj. Ovid. 
VACONALIS. See Vacuna. 
VXC05 (vacuus), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 empty, make empty or void, Kfniw. Mar¬ 
tial. Elysium liceat si vacuare nemus. 
Colum. Qui jubeat, sulcum vacuari. 
Sidon. colus, h. c. to spin. Colum. Va- 
cuata dolia. Aurel. Viet. Sanguine 
vacuatus. 
VAC00S (vaco), a, um, adj. void, empty, 
vacant, kcv6s. Virg. Aera per vacuum 
ferri. Id. Dornos Ditis vacuas, et ma¬ 
nia regna. Liv. Aliquam partem tedi¬ 
um vacuarn facere, to empty, clear. 
Cats. Vacua castra hostium conspica- 
tus. Auct. B. Afr. Ne oppida post se 
vacua relinqueret, 7t. e. ungarrisoned. 
Hence, Liv. Dornum vacuam facere 
novo matrimonio (dat.), to make the 
house clear (make room, in the house) for 
a new marriage, sc. by one’s own death. 
In like manner, Sallust. Vacuam do- 
mum scelestis nuptiis fecisse, sc. by the 
death of another (for a similar example, 
see Vacucfacio). And Val. Max. Ip- 
sarn dimisit, ut vacuum locum nuptiis 
pnelhe faceret,sc. by divorce. Further, 
Virg. Vacua: Acerne, h. e. infrequen- 
tes, thinly inhabited, dispeopled, deserted. 
Senec. vultus, h. c. eyeless. — Also with 
a, in answer to the question, From 
what I Ilirt. Nequa pars Gallia; vacua 
ab exercitu esset. Os. Oppidum va¬ 
cuum ab defensoribus. Cic. Urbs vacua 
atque nuda ab his rebus.— And without 
a. Liv. Vacua defensoribus moenia. 
Cic. Nihil igni vacuum videri potest. — 
Also, with genit. Sallust. Ager aridus, 
et frugum vacuus. — Hence, subst. Va¬ 
cuum, a void, vacant place, empty space, 
vacuity, the open air. Lueret. Vacui 
minus intus habere. Liv. l’ublicani 
per vacuum irruperunt. Virg. In va¬ 
cuum poterunt se extendere rami. — 
Also, Vacuus, empty-handed. Catull. 64, 
289. - IT Also, without something, 
free from something, void. Sallust. Ab 
odio, amicitia, ira, atque mis6ricordia 
vacuum esse. Id. a culpa. Cic. Dies 
nullus ab exercitationibus oratoriis va¬ 
cuus. Id. Animus a talibus factis va¬ 
cuus. Cels. Telum a spiculis vacuum, 
h. e. divulsum, separatum. — Also, 
without a. Cic. Animus per somnum 
curis vacuus. Id. Gladius vagina va¬ 
cuus, h. c. initrheathcd, bare, naked. Id. 
Consilium periculo vacuum. — Also, 
with genit. Ovid. Vacuas c®dis haoeta 
manus. Horat. operum. Stai. animi, 
void of courage. — Hence, Colum. equa, 
not pregnant. — In particular, free or 
exempt from something ; as, taxes, ser¬ 
vices. Tacit. Vacui a tributis. Id. 
Omni tributo vacui. Cic. Soli vacui, 
expertes, soluti ac liberi fuernnt ab 
omni sumptu, molestia, munere. — 
Hence, free, without business, disen¬ 
gaged, at leisure, unoccupied, idle. Cic. 
Quoniam vacui sumus, dicam. Virg. 
Cetera quse vacuas tenuissent carmine 
mentes. Terent. Ne vacuum esse me 
nunc ad narrandum credas. Ovid. Nec 
rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima, que- 
ras. Hirt. Veteranas cohortes vacuas 
liabebant. Colum. Vacua tempora ad 
ea exsequenda. Hence, figur. Pan¬ 
dect. pecunia, hjing idle, bringing no in¬ 
terest. Vacuum est, there is time or 
leisure , one has time or leisure for some¬ 
thing ; followed by infin. Sallust, and 
Tacit. — Also, free, h. e.free from grief 
or trouble, without care, calm, composed, 
untroubled. Cic. Animum vacuum ad 
res difficiles scribendas aft’erre. Sallust. 
Animo vacuus, h. e. secure, without ap¬ 
prehension, easy. — Also, free, not pre¬ 
possessed, not preengaged. Ovid. Sagit- 
ta (sc. of love) in vacuo vulnera pectore 
fecit, h. e. free from love (and thus is 
vacuus often used by the poets). So, 
also, Horat. Cantamus vacui, sivequid 
urimur, h. e. amoris expertes. Ovid. 
Eiige de vacuis (feminis), those that are 
free, not bound to any lover. — Also, 
without lord or owner, vacant. Ctes. 
Vacuam possessionem regni sperans. 
Tacit. Sacerdotia vacua contulit in ali¬ 
os, vacant. Id. Vacuam Armeniam in- 
vasit, h. e. without king. Id. Mulier 
vacua, h. e. without husband. Quintil. 
decl. Vacuis indicere nuptias, h. e. 
unmarried, single. Horat. Qui semper 
vacuam, semper amabilem sperat, h. e. 
sibi uni vacantem, et a nullo alio ama- 
tore occupandam. Hence, Id. In va¬ 
cuum venire, to succeed in a property 
vacant (by tlie death of the first heir). 
Also, In vacuum pendere, of one whose 
estates are put up for sale, as vacant 
or without owner, because he is unable 
to pay his debts). Sueton. Ut in va¬ 
cuum venalis pepeuderit Claudius (for 
bonaClaudii). — Also,/ree, public, open, 
to which any one may come or look. Ovid. 
litus. Virg. ccelum. Id. porticus. Id. 
atria. Hence, Horat. Aures vacua;, h. e. 
open ears, which are glad to hear. --- 
IT Also, empty, vain, useless, unprofitable. 
Val. Flacc. Vacuos lassant visus. Pe- 
tron. Spiritual, tanquam rem vacuam, 
impendere.-IT Vacuus denotes that 
which is empty, which may yet be full; 
unoccupied, untenanted, without mas¬ 
ter : Inanis, empty, which should be full, 
without contents: Vastus expressess 
emptiness, as something revolting ; des¬ 
olate, waste ; pointing to this as the con¬ 
sequence of a previous flight, disper¬ 
sion, extermination or destruction of 
those who inhabited and adorned the 
place. 
VADATOS, a, um. See Vador. 
VXDP.S, um, plur. of vas. 
VADIMoN, onis, m. Lacus Vadimonis, a 
lake in Etruria, now Logo di Vadimnne, 
Lago di Bassano, or Bassanello. Lie. 
The words OvaSpona \ipvyv, in Po¬ 
lybius, show the true form and quantity 
cif this word. 
VADIMoNIUM (vas, vadis), ii, n. a 
promise or obligation, confirmedby surety, 
to appear in court (personally, or by 
proxy); it may sometimes be rendered, 
bail, or recognizance, iyyvn, lyyyriotj, 
optpda. Cic. Sine vadimonio disced’- 
t.ur^ Id. Res esse in vadimonium ccepit, 
h. e. it. came to this, that a promise was 
made to appear, Sec. Id. Vadimonium 
tibi cum Quintio nullum fuit, no prom¬ 
ise to appear, &c. passed between you 
and Quintius (though here it may be, al¬ 
so, appointed day or term; see below). 
Id. Vadimonium concipere, to draw up 
such an engagement in writing. Id. Quo 
die vadimonium factum esse diceres 
(yet here it may be, appointed day). 
Val. Max. Nam (homines) tribunal 
suum adeuntes, in ;edem, qute intro 
