adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vacīvus
vacīvus (feminine vacīva, neuter vacīvum, adverb vacīvē)
Classical[waˈkiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[vaˈt͡ʃiː.vus]
Meaning
- Old Latinadjectiveempty, void
valens afflictet me vacivum virium.
c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.2.45
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacīvus | vacīva vocīva | vacīvum vocīvum |
| genitive | vacīvī vocīvī | vacīvae vocīvae | vacīvī vocīvī |
| dative | vacīvō vocīvō | vacīvae vocīvae | vacīvō vocīvō |
| accusative | vacīvum vocīvum | vacīvam vocīvam | vacīvum vocīvum |
| ablative | vacīvō vocīvō | vacīvā vocīvā | vacīvō vocīvō |
| vocative | vacīve vocīve | vacīva vocīva | vacīvum vocīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacīvī vocīvī | vacīvae vocīvae | vacīva vocīva |
| genitive | vacīvōrum vocīvōrum | vacīvārum vocīvārum | vacīvōrum vocīvōrum |
| dative | vacīvīs vocīvīs | vacīvīs vocīvīs | vacīvīs vocīvīs |
| accusative | vacīvōs vocīvōs | vacīvās vocīvās | vacīva vocīva |
| ablative | vacīvīs vocīvīs | vacīvīs vocīvīs | vacīvīs vocīvīs |
| vocative | vacīvī vocīvī | vacīvae vocīvae | vacīva vocīva |
văcīvus or vŏcīvus (so always in Plautus; cf. Trin. prol. 11 Brix;
I.
Ritschl, Nov. Exc. I. p. 59 sq.), a, um, adj. vaco, empty, void (ante-class.); absol.: aedes facere alicui, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 6: aedes aurium, id. Ps. 1, 5, 54; for which, aures, id. Cas. prol. 29; id. Trin. prol. 11.—With gen.: valens afflictet me vocivum virium, i. e. destitute of strength, powerless, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 46: tempus laboris, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38. —Adv.: văcīvē, at leisure, leisurely: libellum perlegere, Phaedr. 5, praef. 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(vacīvus) see vocivus.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁uh₂-kos Proto-Italic *wakos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vaco Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin vacīvus From vaco (“to be empty”) + -īvus.
Descendants
- Catalanbaciu
- Portuguesevazio
- Spanishvacío
- Asturianvacíu
- Galicianvacío
- Tagalogbasyofrom Spanish vacío