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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• vain:
    1. I. Without substance:
      1. 1. vanus: blood would not return to the v. shade, non v. redeat sanguis imagini, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 15.
      2. 2. ĭnānis, e: why trample on a v. shadow? quid i. proteris umbram? Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25: i. imago, ib. Fast. 5, 463.
    2. II. Fig.: without substance, worthless, empty:
      1. 1. vānus (not to be depended on, false): they believed a v. speech, orationi v. crediderunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117: id. Quint. 6, 26: the v. soul of the dictator, v. ingenium dictatoris, Liv. 1, 27, init.
      2. 2. ĭnānis, e (unmeaning, worthless, the most common word): the ears themselves judge what is v. and what solid, aures ipsae quid plenum quid i. sit judicant, Cic. Brut. 8, 34: to utter v. sounds, voces i. fundere, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42: i. voce sonare, id. Fin. 2, 15, 48: v. struggles! o i. nostras contentiones! id. de Or. 3, 2, 7: v. hopes, spes i., Virg. Aen. 10, 627: v. reports, inania famae, Tac. A. 2, 76.
      3. 3. fūtĭlis, e (not to be depended on): a v. slave, f. servus, Ter. And. 3, 5, 3: v. soothsayers, f. haruspices, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36: v. and fictitious opinions, f. commenticiaeque sententiae, id. N. D. 1, 8, 18.
      4. 4. lĕvis, e (trivial): a v. report, l. auditio, Caes. B. G. 7, 42: l. spes, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8. Join: l. and inanis: Cic. Planc. 26, 63: l., vanus, and futilis: id. Fin. 3, 11, 38.
      5. 5. cădūcus (frail, perishable): Cic. Rep. 6, (4), 17: v. hopes, c. spes, Ov. M. 9, 596: v. time, futile et c. tempus, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14.
      6. 6. frăgĭlis, e (perishable): Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51, fin. Join: f. and caducus, id. Am. 27, 102.
      7. 7. fluxus (fleeting): id. Att. 4, 2, 1. Join: f. and instabilis, Tac. A. 13, 19, init.: f. and fragilis, Sall. C. 1: f. and mobilis, id. J. 104.
      8. 8. văcuus: v. names, v. nomina, Tac. H. 1, 30, med.
    3. III. Useless, without effect:
      1. 1. vānus (uncommon). the javelins fall in v., pila v. cadunt, Liv. 7, 23, ad fin.: to make v. promises, v. polliceri, Cic. Planc. 42, 101.
      2. 2. irrĭtus: a v. attempt, i. inceptum, Liv. 29, 35, ad fin.: a v. remedy, i. remedium, Tac. H. 4, 81.
      3. 3. cassus: v. toils, c. labores, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, med.: Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119: v. useless, groundless.
    4. IV. Attached to v. things, foolish:
      1. 1. perh. vānus (emptily vaunting): Virg. Aen. 11, 715: such was the pleasure of v. Otho, sic libitum v. Othoni, Juv. 3, 159.
      2. 2. ĭnānis, e: there is nothing v. about me, nihil est in me i., Cic. Ep. Brut. 1, 3, 2: the v. man, homo i., Sall. J. 64, fin.
      3. 3. perh. văcuus: glory exalting her v. head, tollens v. gloria verticem, Hor. Od. 1, 18, 15.
    5. V. Ostentatious: glōriōsus: v. ostentatious.