VAD 
VAG 
VAG 
turenia liostium erat, vadimonia in pos- 
terum diem faeere jussit, to enter into an 
obligation, give bail or surety to appear 
on the next day, in a temple, which, &c. 
Liv. Eo vadimonia fieri jusserunt, h. c. 
that lawsuits should be there carried on 
(strictly, that obligations should be entered 
into to appear there). Lucret. Vadimo- 
nia fiunt, lawsuits take place. Juvenal. 
Vadimonia irati faciunt, summon me to 
appear in court, make me give surety to 
appear, Sec. bring an action against me. 
J\Tepos. Vadimonium imponere alicui, 
to compel one to give security for his ap¬ 
pearance, and so to involve him in a law¬ 
suit, fasten a lawsuit upon him. IT Al¬ 
so, the appearance in court itself. Cic. 
Vadimonium promittere, to promise to 
appear. Id. sistere, to present one’s 
self, or appear in court. So, also, Plant. 
Vadimonium ultra liic mihi facit, h. e. 
ultra se mihi offert.-If Also, the day 
of appearance, the day or term. Cic. Va¬ 
dimonium differre. Id. constituere. Id. 
Vadimonium obire, or Ad vadimonium 
venire, to appear on the appointed day. 
Id. deserere, to fail to appear, make a de¬ 
fault. — Hence, Vadimonium, a fixed 
day. JIpul. Tibi amatorem vadimonio 
sistam (but this may also be, positively , 
surely). 
VX.D5 (vadum), as, a. 1 . to wade over, 
3 ford. Veget. 
V aD 3 (/?dco, whence (3&5o;, ffaS'^oj), is, 
si, sum, n. 3. to go, walk, fiaivos, elpt. 
Cic. Pompeius in Cumanum venit, ad 
eum postridie manevadebam. Id. Len- 
tulus Spinther hodie apud me: eras 
mane vadit, he sets out. Virg. Vadite, 
et regi mandata referte. — Also, of in¬ 
animate things. Plin. Euphrates in 
Mesopotamiam vadit per ipsam Seleu- 
ciam, runs, flows. — Also, of rapid go¬ 
ing. Virg. Vade age, nate, voca Ze- 
phyros, haste, speed. Liv. in hostem, 
rush to attack. Virg. Ille ducem haud 
timidis vadentem passibus squat, strid¬ 
ing on, advancing. — Figur. Plin. Vul- 
gus in earn sententiam cursu vadit. So, 
also, Apul. in sententiam pedibus. Cic. 
Vadit in carcerem atque in scyphum 
(h. e. ad scyphum, sc. hauriendum).- 
ir The perf. is rare. Vasil occurs in Ter- 
tull. 
VA-D5R (vas, vadis), aris, atus sum, dep 
1 . to require one to give sureties (vades, 
or sponsores) that he will appear in court 
on the day, or to cite him to appear, and 
require sureties of him to that effect, nXy- 
Tcvat. Cic. Homrnem non vadatur. Id. 
Se neque vadari amplius, neque vadi¬ 
monium promittere. Liv. Tot vadibus 
accusator vadatus est reum. Horat. 
ltespondere vadato ( masc.). — Hence, 
jocosely, Plant. Vadatur me, calls me 
into court. Ovid. Jamque vadaturus, 
h. e. meaning to proceed with her by law. 
-IT Vadatus, a, urn, is found also in a 
passive sense, bound to appear according 
to promise; hence, generally, bound, ob¬ 
ligated, engaged. Plaut. Me vadatum 
amore vinetumque attines. Apul. Me- 
mineris, mihi reliqua vitas tuas curricu¬ 
la vadata. 
FXDoSOS (vadum), a, um, adj. full of 
fordable places, having frequent fords or 
shallows, shoaly, Sia/3ar6s. Cccs. His 
locis erat mare vadosum. Lie. Ostium 
portus angustum et vadosum. Id. {re¬ 
turn. Virg. amnis. Solin. Ganges ubi 
vadosissimus est. Plin. navigatio, 
h. e. through such places, and accord¬ 
ingly, dangerous, difficult. 
rXDUM (from /3ards, ->), -6v, pervius), i, 
n. a shallow place in a river, lake, or in 
the sea, where one can go through on foot, 
a ford, shallow, shallow water, ndpos, ra 
Qpaxca. Varr. ap. Serv. Si ab aqua 
summa non alte est terra, dicitur vadus. 
Cels. Leviorest piscis,qui in alto, quarn 
qui in vado vivit. Cccs. Rhodanus non- 
nullis locis vado transitur. Id. Prima 
die exercitum vado transducit. Id. 
Partem aliquam Sicoris avertere, va- 
dumque in eo fiumine faeere. Id. Illi 
vadum fluminis tentare, si transire pos- 
sent. Tacit. Insulae per occulta vada 
infest®, sandbanks, shelves. — Figur. 
Tentare vadum, to try whether one can 
safe, or can undertake something; as, 
Ovid. Cera (h. c. epistola) tentet va¬ 
dum. Also, Terent. Res est in vado 
is in safety, is out of danger. And, Cic 
to 
Emersisse e vadis videtur oratio, 
have come out. of the shallows, and so to 
have an easier and freer course.- 
IT Also, among the poets, the water of a 
river, of the sea, &c. Virg. Sulcant 
vada salsa, they plough the brine. Catull. 
Juvenis pellit vada remis. Horat. Non 
tangenda rates transiiiunt vada. Senec. 
Et victa prono puppis aufertur vado 
h. e. cursu fluminis. Ovid. Ab Euxinis 
vadis.-IT Also, the bottom of the wa¬ 
ter. Plin. Recentia cadavera ad va 
dum labi. Also, the bottom of a well. 
Plin. and Phcedr. -IT We find, also, 
Vadus, i, m. Sallust, fragm. — Also, 
adj. Vadus, a, um, shallow. Mela. 
IT Vada, sc. Sabatia, a town. (See Sa- 
bate.) — Vada Volaterrana, a place and 
harbor near Volaterrce. Cic. 
VXDOS, i, m. See Vadum. 
VA3 (oval), interj. ah! 0! in grief or an 
ger; without case. Ilorat. Cum tu 
Telephi laudas brachia, v® 1 meum tu 
met jecur. Virg. Mantua v® 1 miser* 
nimium vicina Cremons, alas! too 
near. Plaut. V® verbero! — With 
a dat. when it is now woe! now, 
wretched (me, thee, &c.), alas (for me, 
thee, Sec.), or otherwise. Terent. Vas 
mihi 1 woe is me! Id. V® misero mihi! 
quanta de spe decidi 1 wretch that lam 
ah! wretched me. Plaut. V® capiti at 
que letati tu® ! a plague on you! Id. 
Vte illi, qui, &c., woe to him, who, Sec., 
wretched is the man, who, tec. Id. V® 
tergo meo 1 oh dear! my back! Martial. 
Sisciero, v® tibi, woe betide you! Also, 
V® victis, woe to the conquered! wretched 
are the conquered! alas for the con¬ 
quered! an insolent expression used by 
the Gauls, as the money was weighed 
out, which they were to receive from 
the Romans previously to their depart¬ 
ure from the city. Flor., for which 
stands in Liv. V® victis esse. It is 
also used generally as an insolent ex¬ 
pression. Plaut. — Also, with accus. 
Plaut. V® te, alas for thee! So, Senec. 
V* me, O dear me! 
VA5NUM i bee ' cneo i Venum. 
VAFER (unc.), Sfra, afruin, adj. subtle, 
cunning, crafty, sly, wily, artful, dexter¬ 
ous, expert, acute, knowing, JoAioj, jr a- 
vovpyo;. Cic. Non sunt in disputa- 
tione vafri, non veteratores, non ma- 
litiosi. Id. Chrysippus, Stoicorum som- 
niorum vaferrimus habetur interpres,' 
&c. most skilful, expert, acute, in a good 
sense. Martial. Stigmata nec vafra de- 
lebit cinnamus arte, h. e. solerti. Ovid. 
Viri non vafri, h. e. stulti. Val. Mux. 
Annibalis vafri mores. Horat. Vafri 
inscitia juris, subtle jurisprudence or law. 
Id. Alfenus vafer, subtle, artful, dexter¬ 
ous. — With genit. Ovid. Juris vafer 
subtle or artful in the law. -IT Hierro- 
nym. has the comp. Vafriora. 
VXFR aMeNTUM (vafer), i,n. a cunning 
3 contrivance or device, an artful stroke, an 
artifice or stratagem, a trick, quirk. Val. 
Max. 
VXFRe (Id.), adv. cunningly, slyly, subtly, 
craftily, navovpyws. Cic. and Val. Max. 
VXFRITIX (Id.),®, f. subtlety, craftiness, 
2 art, cunning, acuteness. Senec. and Val. 
Max. 
VXGaBuNDOS (vagor), a, um, adj. wan- 
3 dering about, oXfirr/Sj irXdvos. Solin. 
VAGaTIQ (Id.), onis, f. a wandering 
3 about, a roving, rambling, strolling, nXa- 
vii, ircpityopa, aXy. Apul. Nullis bonis 
sedibus, incerta vagatione. 
VXGe (vagus), adverb, wanderingly, in 
a wandering manner. Liv. — Hence, 
scattcredly, here and there. Auct. ad 
Herenn. 
VAGIeNNI, or VXGeNNI, orum, m. a 
people of Liguria, at the foot of the Alps, 
near the source of the Po. Plin. and Sil. 
— Augusta Vagiennorum, their chief 
town, thought by some to be now Sa- 
lauo. 
VaGINX (unc.), ®, f. the scabbard or 
sheath of a sword, koXco j, |< 0 oSrjxi 7 . 
Cic. Gladius in vagina reconditus. Id. 
Gladius vagina vacuus, unsheathed, 
drawn. Id. Gladium e vagina educere, 
to unsheathe, draw. So, Mepos. Telum 
vagina nudare. Val. Max. Gladium 
vagin® reddere. Hence, obsceno sensu 
Plant. -11 Figur. any like receptacle, 
the case, sheath, integument; for instance, 
the case or sheath in which the ear is con¬ 
cealed, before it shoots forth. Cic. Senect. 
15. (Compare Varr. II. R. 1 , 48, and32 . ) 
VaGINOLX (dimin. from vagina), ®, f. 
a small sheath ; hence, a cod or husk, lit¬ 
tle husk. Pun 
VaGIS (probably from the sound), is, 
Ivi or xi, Itum, n. 4. to squeal, cry, 
squeak, squall , uivvpi^'O, nvvljopai, 
KXavSjjLvpUjw. Of little children. Cic. 
Ut ex hac state repuerascain, et in cu- 
nis vagiam. Ovid. At puer in felix va- 
git, opemque petit.-IT Of the hare. 
Auct. carrn. da Philotn. -IT Of little 
pigs. Martial. 
VaGITS (frequentat. from vagio), as, 
3 n. 1. Slat. Silv. 4, 8 , 35 (but Ed. Oron. 
has vagiret). 
VaGITOS (vagio), us, m. a crying, 
2 squealing, squalling, KXavSpvpttrpds. 
Ovid. Vagitus dedit ille miser, h. c. 
cried, squalled. So, Q^uintd. Vagitum 
edere. -IT Of kids, bleating. Ovid. 
Vagitus similes puerilibus h®dum eden- 
tem jugulate.-II Also, a cry, shriek 
of pain. Cels. 
VXGS, as, avi, atum, n. 1. for Vagor. 
3 Varr. 
VAGSR (vagus), aris, atus sum, dep. 1 . 
to range about, or up and down, be here 
and there, wander, rove, ramble, roam, 
stroll, stray, rrepupepopai, nXavdopat. 
Auct. ad Ilcrenn. Volilabit et vagabitur 
toto foro. Cic. Volucres hue iliac pas¬ 
sim vagantes. Ilorat. Stell® sponte sua 
vagentur (of the planets). Senec. Va- 
ganles scopuli, h. c. the Symplcgades. 
Cccs. Illi perterriti virtute equitum mi¬ 
nus libere, minus audacter vagabantur. 
Id. Germani latius vagabantur. Sal¬ 
lust. Qui iEnea duce profugi sedibus 
incertis vagabantur. Liv. Qui popula- 
bundi in finibus Romanorum vagaban¬ 
tur. Virg. Nunc interque canes, et 
circum tecta vagantur. Sueton. Circum 
vicos vagabatur ludibundus. Also, on 
horseback. Virg. JEn. 5, 560. — With 
an accus. Properl. Terras vagata est, 
h. e. pervagata est, to rove or range 
through, wander about. — Hence, figur. 
to wander about, keep no fixed state, be 
unsteady, wavet,-^spread, diffuse itself, 
&c. Cic. Quoruiri vagetur animus er- 
rore, nec habeat unquam quid sequa- 
tur, fluctuates, wavers, is lost. Id. Eo 
fit, ut errem, et vager latius, launch out, 
enlarge, expatiate. Id. Vagahimur nos¬ 
tro instituto, h. e. digress, launch out. 
Id. Verba ita soluta, ut vagentur, h. e. 
are not closely connected, are unrhythmi¬ 
cal. Id. Vagabitur modo nomen tuum 
longe atque late, sedem quidem stabi- 
lem non habebit. Virg. Ea faina va- 
gatnr, spreads abroad. Plin. Vagantes 
Gr®ci® fabul®, h. e. now telling one 
thing, now another. 
VXG 6 R, oris, m. for Vagitus. 3 Lucret. 
VaGOLaTIS (from vagulo, not used ; 
3 from vagio), onis, f. a crying, squalling, 
wailing, complaining. Erst, c legg. xii. 
tab. (who explains it by qiuestio cum 
convicio). 
VXG0L0S, a, um, adj. dimin. from va- 
3 gus. Spartian. animuia. 
VXGOS (unc.), a, um, adj. wandering, 
moving up and down or to and fro, ram¬ 
bling, roving, strolling, roaming, ni t 
staying in one place, unsteady, uXai >f,rrts. 
Cic. Cum vagus et exsul erraret. Sal¬ 
lust. Gffituli vagi. Tibull. navita. Se-' 
nee. peregrin atio. Tacit. Classis li- 
center vaga, ranging about without re¬ 
straint. Horat. aves. Id. venti. Ovid. 
flumina. Horat. arena, h■ e. qti® vento 
dispergitur. Id. luna. Tibull. sol. Cic. 
sidera, or stell®, h. e. planets. Ovid. 
crines, h. e. loose, scattered. Martial. 
mane, li. e. a running about early to pay 
one’s respects. Plin. Fel toto corpora 
vagum, h. e. diffusing itself through the 
whole body. Martial. Mars, h. c. who 
goes from one girl to another. Colum. 
villicus, h. e. running after every girl he 
sees. Propcrt. puella, h. e. that, runs 
about like a strumpet. Hence, Vagum 
esse, to range about. Plaut. - 
IT Hence, unsteady, inconstant, unsettled, 
