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VAN 
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health, sickness, indisposition, illness, 
weakness, infirmity, disease, appwaria, 
v6aos. Cic. Nobis prrescribere curatio- 
liem valetudinis. Cces. Gravis au- 
tumnus exercitum valetudine tentave- 
rat. Cic. Excusatione uti valetudinis. 
Id. Valetudine oculorum impediri. 
Cces. Valetudine affectus, sick. Cic. 
Propter valetudinem. Plin. Valetudo 
calculoruin, calculous complaint, a calcv.- 
Ions disease. Sueton. Sponsam ex vale¬ 
tudine amisit. Plin. Valetudines fe- 
brium. Sueton. Graves et periculosas 
valetudines expertus est. -If Figur. 
Cic. Mala valetudo anirai. Sueton. 
Valetudo mentis, a disorder of the mind; 
frenzy. — Of style. Cic. duos, vale¬ 
tudo modo ( provided that, if only ) bona 
sit, tenuitas ipsa delectat. 
VALGITER (valgus), adv. valgo modo. 
3 Petron. Commovebat valgiter iabra. 
VALGIUM (Id.), ii, n .plur. Valgia, h. e. 
3 labellorum obtortiones. Fulgent. 
VaLGOS (unc.), a, um, adj. turned or 
2 bowed outwards. Cels. Crus longius al- 
teroet valgius est. Plaut. ap. Fest. Val¬ 
gus filius, bow-legged, /3\aic6s. Also, 
Plaut. suavia, A. e. wry mouths. 
\ ALIDS (validus), adv. strongly, vehe- 
2 mently, greatly, very much, itxxvpo if, 
navv. Plaut. Amare valide ccepi hie 
meretricem. Ceel. ad Cic. Quum pro 
amicitia validissime faverem ei, &c. 
Quintil. Nee promptum est dicere utros 
peccare validius putem. Plin. Validi- 
us fatigatum. Phcedr. Validius cla- 
mare, more lustily. Plaut. Ut valide to- 
nuit 1 Plin. Ille mihi validissime placet. 
— Also, in answers, verily, by all means, 
surely; or very (ironically). Plaut. 
VALIDITaS (Id.),atis, f. strength,Zjlpul. 
VALID5 (Id.), as,'a. 1. validum reddo, 
confirmo. Aucl.fragm. inter oral. Sym. 
VALIDOS (valeo), a, um, adj. sound, in 
good health, healthy , well, evpcooros. 
Terent. Te advenisse salvum atque 
validum, safe arid sound. Cic. Si, ut 
spero, te validum videro. Liv. Nec- 
dum ex morbo satis validus. Plin. 
color (corporis), a healthy complexion. — 
Hence, figur. Plaut. Qui me cogunt, ut 
validus irisaniam, A. e. in my sound 
senses. Horat. Mente validus. - 
11 Also, strong, stout, robust, vigorous, 
sturdy, lusty, powerful, 'urxyp6;. Virg. 
Validis contorsitviribushastam. Ovid. 
Validi lacerti. Id. tauri. — Hence, 
strong, mighty, powerful, influential. 
Plaut. Jovi supremo, valido, viripoten- 
ti. Liv. Ducibus validiorem, quarn 
exercitu, rem Romanam esse. Id. Va- 
lida admodum numero manus erat. 
Plin. Ep. Vir gratia et facundia vali¬ 
dus. Tacit. Ut quisque Sejano inti- 
mus, ita ad Cnjsaris amicitiam validus. 
Id. Tiberius validus spernendis hono- 
ribus, A. c. who could despise honors. 
Id. Validissimus auctor mittendi lega- 
tos, h. e. qui maxime persuasit, ut le- 
gati mitterentur. With genit. Tacit. 
Cassius Severus orandi validus, an 
able orator. Id. Colonia virium etopum 
valida. —■ Also, of inanimate things. 
Ovid. Valido terras findere aratro, stur¬ 
dy. Id. Valido sestu peruri, A. e. mag- 
no amore. Id. vinum. Id. Et vali- 
das segetes, quod fuit lierba, facit, 
strong, vigorous. Plin. funes, strong, 
stout. Qell. ventus. TibuU. Amor 
docuit validos tentare labores. Liv. 
Urbs valida muris. Id. Munitiones 
validiores locis impositoe. Tacit. Tons 
validus et fidus. Virg. pondus, heavy. 
Cato, loca, strong, h. e. rich, heavy and 
hard to till. So, Plin. solum. Scribon. 
Larg. mala granata, A. e. tart, sour, 
harsh. With in fin. Plin. Abies valid® 
sustinere pondus. Also, of food, strong, 
substantial, nutritive. Cels. Materia va- 
lidissima. Also, strong, powerful, effi¬ 
cacious. Ovid. sued. Tacit. Venenum 
parum validum. Plin. Validissima f®x 
aceti contra cerastas. Of style. Quin¬ 
til. sententi®, strong, vigorous, forcible, 
impressive. 
VaLISj is, in. See Valialis. 
VALLARIS (vallus, or vallum), e, adj. 
2 pertaining to a rampart or the palisades 
thereon. Liv. corona, A. e. with which 
he was presented who had first mounted 
the rampart of the hostile cump. 
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VaLLaTCS, a, um. See Vallo. 
VaLLeS, is. See Tallis. 
VaLLIS, and VALLeS (unc.), is, f. a 
valley, vale, ayno;. Cces. and Virg. — 
Figur. Catull. alarum. Anson, femo- 
rum. Quintil. (Eloquentia) totis valli- 
bus fluat. 
VaLLB (vallus, or vallum), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to fortify with palisades, to palisade; 
to entrench, TzepiTCixi^ai. Hirt. Quo¬ 
rum impetum Mithridates castris val- 
latis sustinuit. Tacit. Postquam nox 
appetebat, castra vallari placuit. The 
entrenching or palisading of the Roman 
camp consisted in this, that a ditch 
was dug, close upon which a rampart 
was raised of the earth which had been 
thrown up, and into this rampart pali¬ 
sades stuck ; so that an enemy, to force 
the camp, must first fill up the ditch 
and then tear out the palisades. — 
Hence, figur. to palisade or entrench, fence, 
hedge in, fortify, protect, cover, secure, 
surround, environ, gird. Lucan. Nulli 
vallarent oppida muri. Plin. Perdices 
muniunt receptaculum, ut contra feras 
abunde vallentur. Flor. Elephantis 
aciem utrinque vallaverat. Id. Urbs 
anguibus arenisque vallata. Ovid. Sol 
radiis vallatus acutis. Cic. Atque h®c 
omnia vallabit disserendi ratione. Id. 
Catilinam vallatum sicariis. Id. Jus 
legatorum divino jure esse vallatum. 
Id. Pontus ipsa natura regionis valla¬ 
tus. 
VaLLoNIA (vallis), ®, f. the goddess of 
3 valleys. Augustin. 
VALLUM (vallus), i, n. a fortification of 
sharp stakes or palisades, the palisades, 
palisade; the rampart (agger) into which 
these palisades were stuck is also com¬ 
monly understood, so that the word 
may sometimes be rendered, wall, ram¬ 
part (see Vallo, and Liv. 33, 5.). Cic. 
Oppidum cinximus vallo et fossa. Sal¬ 
lust. Vallo fossaque mcenia circumve- 
nit. Cats. Castra vallo fossaque munire. 
Id. Vallum scindere, et fossa, complere. 
Vcllei. proruere. Liv. Vallum petere, 
A. e. palisades. Id. c®dere. Id. ferre 
(for the soldiers carried these palisades 
as a part of their burden). Id. Vallum 
ducere. — Hence, figur. Cic. Spica con¬ 
tra avium minorum morsus munitur 
vallo aristarum. Id. Munits sunt pal- 
pebr® tanquam vallo pilorum. Id.. 
Alpiuin vallum contra transgressionem 
Gallorum objicere. Manil. Ignis flam- 
marum vallo natur® mcenia fecit. 
VaLLOS (unc.), i, m. a slake, y xapa{, 
for instance, to prop vines. Virg. — 
Especially, of the palisades used to 
fortify a camp, &c. Epit. Liv. Scipio 
Africanus militein ad septenos vallos 
ferre cogebat, seven palisades each. — 
Vallus stands, also, for vallum, h. e. the 
palisades; palisade. Cats. Vallus contra 
hostem in altitudinem pedum decern, 
tantundemque ejus valli agger in lati- 
tudinem patebat. Hirt. Omnibus viis 
triplicem vallum obduxerant (see Vallo, 
and compare Liv. 33, 5.). Hence, figur. 
Ovid. Vallus pectinis, A. c. the teeth of 
the comb. 
VALLOS, i, f. dimin. from vannus, a 
3 winnowing-fan. Varr. 
VALVA (perhaps from valvo), ®, f. the 
wing or fold of a door. Commonly in 
plur. 
VALVAE, arum, f. the folds of a door, or 
the door of the ancients, consisting of 
two parts ; folding-doors, Svpai iianpio- 
toi. Cic. Valv® claus® repagulis per- 
fectiores. Juvenal. Facili patuerunt 
cardine valv®. Cic. Convulsis repagu¬ 
lis, effractisque valvis. Ovid. Bifores 
valv®. — Petron. uses the sing. 
VALVATOS (valva), a, um, adj. having 
2 folds or valves. Varr. Triclinia valvata 
et fenestrata. Vitruv. fores, folding- 
doors. Id. Lumina fenestrarum valvata. 
VALVOLA, ®, f. or VaLVOLOS (dimin. 
from valva), i, m. the husk, shell, pod or 
hull of beans, peas, lentils, &c. A«/?dj. 
Colum. (where only valvulis occurs ; 
hence, the nomin. may be valvula, vol¬ 
vulus, or valvulum. Fest., however, 
has valvuli in plur., of course, from vol¬ 
vulus. 
VANDAL!, or VaNDALTT, orum, m. the 
Vandals, a people of North Germany, who 
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afterwards migrated into Gaul and Spain- 
Tacit. ■— Called, also, Vindili. Plin, 
-IT Hence, Vand&llcus, a, um, adj 
of the Vandals, Vandal. Prosper. Aquit. 
VANe (vanus), adv. vainly, invain. Ter 
Stull. Vulgus vane de nostra vexatione 
gaudet. Id. Pracavendo vanissime 
quibus parcunt. Apul. Multo vanius 
excogitatum. 
VaNeSCB (vanus), is, n. 3. to pass or 
Ufade away, vanish, disappear, wear off, 
dcjiani^opai. Ovid. Gravid® incipiunt 
vanescere nubes. Tacit. Vanescere in 
cinerem. Ovid. Vanescitque absens, ^ 
ut novus intrat amor. Catull. Vos no- ^ 
lite pati nostrum vanescere luctum, ^ 
A. c. to be ineffectual. Tacit. Vanescente 
plebis ira. Ovid. Spiritus vanescat in 
auras. Id. Vanescant dicta per auras. 
VaNGA, ®, f. a kind of mattock or grub¬ 
's axe. Pallad. 
VaNGIONeS, um, m. a people of Germa¬ 
ny on the Rhine. Lucan. 
VaNIDICOS (vanus & dico), a, um, adj. 
3 speaking vainly or falsely, lying, parai- 
oAdyof. Plaut. 
VANILOQUeNTIA (vaniloquus), ®, f. 
2 vain or idle talking, vain-glorious lan¬ 
guage, empty boasting, aneppohoyia. 
Plaut. and Liv. 
VANILSQUIDoROS (vanus, loquor & 
3 6ibpov), i, m. a word coined by Plaut. 
meaning, that gives vain words. 
VANIL5QU0S (vanus & loquor), a, um, 
adj. lying, a liar. Plaut. -IT Also, 
boastful, braggart. Liv. and Sil. 
VaNITaS (vanus), atis, f. emptiness, want 
of reality, mere show or seeming, vanity, 
falsity, falsehood, Kendrys, paraidrys. 
Cic. Nulla in c®lo nec fortuna, nec te- 
meritas, nec erratio, nec vanitas inest. 
Id. Opinionum vanitas, vain, false opin¬ 
ion. Id. Ut vanitati veritas cedat. — 
Especially, in speech, untruth, falsehood, 
lying, varnishing, quackery. Cic. (in ven- 
dendo) Orationis vanitatem adhibere, 
vain, deceitful words, varnish, falsehood. 
Terent. Non pudet vanitatis? of break¬ 
ing your word soI Cic. Nihil turpius 
est vanitate. Also, Plin. Magorum vani- 
tates. Also, of flatterers, flattery, vain 
adulation. Cic. Quuin ad vanitatem ac- 
cessit auctoritas. Id. Blanda vanitas.— 
Also, boasting, vaunting, bragging, vain¬ 
glory. Tacit. — Hence, uselessness, want 
of profit, vainness. Liv. itineris. 
VANITIeS (Id.), ei, f. same as Vanitas 
3 Ammian. 
VANITuDS, Inis, f. same as Vanitas. 3 
VaNNB (vannus), is, a. 3. to fan, van, 
3 winnow, hiKpaw. Lucil. ap. Non. 
VANNuS (unc.), i, f. a fan,van, corn-van t 
2 to winnow with, Aocpdj. Colum. Spi 
c® vannis expurgantur. Virg. Mysti- 
ca vannus Iacchi (because it was used 
in the Eleusinian mysteries, and sol¬ 
emnly carried about on the day of the 
pompa Baccld). 
VANS (vanus), as, n. 1. to say vain words, 
3 to deceive. Acc. ap. Non. 
VANbLbS, a, um, adj. dimin. from va- 
nus. Prudent. 
VANOS (unc.), a, um, adj. empty, void, 
containing nought, kcv 6$. Virg. Illos 
expectata seges vanis elusit aristis. 
Colum. granum. Liv. Ne vana urbis 
magnitudo esset. Id. Vanior erat hos- 
tium acies, thinner, more open. Ilorat. 
Non van® redeat sanguis imagini, to 
the unsubstantial shade. Id. (Me) ludit 
imago vana, unsubstantial, unreal. Virg. 
somnia, empty dreams. Also, with 
genit. Virg. Vana veri feror (A. c. sum), 
/ err, deceive myself, know not the truth. 
- 1[ Also, empty, all shots, vain, un ¬ 
meaning. Liv. res. Id. sermo. Senec 
Ambitus tumida res est, vana, ventosa. 
Petron. Sententiarum vanissimus stie- 
pitus.-IT Also, empty, void of truth 
or reality, unreal, having a vain show, 
vain, untrue, false, lying, deceitful, boast¬ 
ing, braggart, swaggering; for instance, 
in~ stories, in promises, vaunts, &c. 
either of persons or things. Cic. Ora- 
tioni van® crediderunt, lying, false. 
Ovid. Vanam spent sequi. Id. omen. 
Cic. Vana qtt®dam pollicebantur. Virg. 
Credo equidem, nec vana tides, genus 
esse deorum, A. e. and it is true. Cic. 
Vanum se'fateatur, a liar. Id. haru- 
spex. Sallust. Stolidior an vanior. Liv. 
