vacancy Copy link Outline I. Emptiness, empty space1. ĭnānĭtas2. văcuĭtas (very rare)3. ĭnāne (adj. used as subs., the most common expression)4. văcuum (adj. used as subs.)II. Unemployed time, intermission of workIII. Of a post, office1. văcuĭtas (very rare)2. lŏcus văcuus (vacuus with subs.) • vacancy: I. Emptiness, empty space: 1. ĭnānĭtas: to move through vacancy, per inanitatem ferri, Cic. Fat. 9, 18: cf. inanitate intestina murmurant, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 8. 2. văcuĭtas (very rare): the v. (empty spaces) between the veins (of minerals), interveniorum vacuitates, Vitr. 2, 7, ad med. 3. ĭnāne (adj. used as subs., the most common expression): in the infinite v., in infinito inani, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17: nullum inane, ib. 1, 6, 21: id. N. D. 1, 23, 65, ad fin. 4. văcuum (adj. used as subs.): the publicani burst in through the v., publicani per vacuum irruperunt, Liv. 25, 3, ad fin. Join: vacuum with inane: vacuum quod inane vocamus, Lucr. 1, 439. II. Unemployed time, intermission of work: ōtium: v. leisure, idleness. III. Of a post, office: 1. văcuĭtas (very rare): you know what emulation is excited by the v. in the office of consul, quantam cupiditatem hominibus injiciat vacuitas te non fugit, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2. 2. lŏcus văcuus (vacuus with subs.): hoping for the v. in the kingdom, vacuam possessionem regni sperans, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 9, extr. Phr.: there is a v., locus vacat, Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (al. 9): ib. 8 (al. 15): cf. no school of philosophy would be unrepresented, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: the son filled the v. caused by his father's death, filius patri suffectus, Tac. A. 4, 16: cf. suffectus in Lucretii locum, Liv. 2, 8: ne consul sufficiatur, Cic. Mur. 39, 82. A choosing of new judices to fill up v.s, subsortitio, Cic. Verr. 1, 61, 157, init. To choose a judex to fill a v., subsortiri judicem, id. Clu. 35, 96. Phr.: when he had been chosen (as judex) to fill a v., quum ex subsortitione sedisset, ib. 37, 103: v. substitute.