groundless Copy link Outline 1. vānus (empty)2. falsus3. fictus, commenticius4. nūgātōrius (having nothing in it) • groundless: 1. vānus (empty): g. fears, v. metus, Hor.: g. confidence, v. fides, Virg.: nor was the charge altogether g., nec tota ex vano criminatio erat, Liv. 33, 31, ad init. 2. falsus: g. anxiety, f. sollicitudo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 3: g. terrors, f. terrores, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212: v. false. 3. fictus, commenticius: v. false, imaginary. 4. nūgātōrius (having nothing in it): a malicious and g. accusation, mala atque n. accusatio, Cic. R. Am. 15, 42. Phr.: a confidence which certainly was not utterly g., fiducia quae non de nihilo profecto concepta est, Liv. 30, 29, med.