hollow (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. căvus2. căvātus (that has been hollowed out)3. concăvus (concave, hollowed inwards)4. exēsus (eaten out, as the trunk of a tree)II. Of sounds, deep, low, as if issuing from a cavernIII. Fig.1. vānus (empty, unsubstantial)2. tŭmĭdus (puffed out and making an empty show3. fūcātus (counterfeit, insincere) • hollow (adj.): I. Lit.: 1. căvus: a h. shell, c. concha, Virg.: h. trunks, c. trunci, Hor.: to be good for h. teeth, cavis dentium prodesse, Plin. 30, 3, 8. 2. căvātus (that has been hollowed out): 'neath some h. rock, sub rupe c., Virg. Aen. 3, 229: h. eyes, c. oculi, Lucr. 6, 1192: h. teeth, c. dentes, Col. 6, 29. 3. concăvus (concave, hollowed inwards): h. rocks, c. saxa, Virg. G. 4, 49: Cic. 4. exēsus (eaten out, as the trunk of a tree): a cave in a h. tree, exesae arboris antrum, Virg. G. 4, 44: h. teeth, ex. dentes, Plin. 30, 3, 8: Cels. II. Of sounds, deep, low, as if issuing from a cavern: *(sonitus) qualis ex cavernis exiens; murmuri similis: cf. Plin. 2, 80, 82. III. Fig.: vain, unreal: 1. vānus (empty, unsubstantial): Hor.: Sen. 2. tŭmĭdus (puffed out and making an empty show: not so in Cic.): a h., unsubstantial, fickle thing (popularity), res t., vana, ventosa, Sen. Ep. 84, 11. 3. fūcātus (counterfeit, insincere): Join: fucatus et simulatus (opp. to sincerus atque verus), Cic. Am. 25, 95. (Fucosus = showy, and so more or less insincere: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1.)