vain Copy link Outline I. Without substance1. vanus2. ĭnānis, eII. Fig.1. vānus (not to be depended on, false)2. ĭnānis, e (unmeaning, worthless, the most common word)3. fūtĭlis, e (not to be depended on)4. lĕvis, e (trivial)5. cădūcus (frail, perishable)6. frăgĭlis, e (perishable)7. fluxus (fleeting)8. văcuusIII. Useless, without effect1. vānus (uncommon). the javelins fall in v., pila v. cadunt, Liv. 7, 23, ad fin.2. irrĭtus3. cassusIV. Attached to v. things, foolish1. perh. vānus (emptily vaunting)2. ĭnānis, e3. perh. văcuusV. Ostentatious • vain: I. Without substance: 1. vanus: blood would not return to the v. shade, non v. redeat sanguis imagini, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 15. 2. ĭnānis, e: why trample on a v. shadow? quid i. proteris umbram? Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25: i. imago, ib. Fast. 5, 463. II. Fig.: without substance, worthless, empty: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. frăgĭlis, e (perishable): Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51, fin. Join: f. and caducus, id. Am. 27, 102. 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. văcuus: v. names, v. nomina, Tac. H. 1, 30, med. III. Useless, without effect: 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. irrĭtus: a v. attempt, i. inceptum, Liv. 29, 35, ad fin.: a v. remedy, i. remedium, Tac. H. 4, 81. 3. cassus: v. toils, c. labores, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, med.: Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119: v. useless, groundless. IV. Attached to v. things, foolish: 1. perh. vānus (emptily vaunting): Virg. Aen. 11, 715: such was the pleasure of v. Otho, sic libitum v. Othoni, Juv. 3, 159. 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. perh. văcuus: glory exalting her v. head, tollens v. gloria verticem, Hor. Od. 1, 18, 15. V. Ostentatious: glōriōsus: v. ostentatious.
VAIN Copy link • VAINUseless; to no purpose, vanus: inutilis; cassus: irritus. Frivolous, trifling, worthless, inanis, vanus, futilis (good for nothing): fragilis, caducus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) fragilis caducusque, fluxus atque fragilis (transitory). Vain endeavors, thoughts, contentiones, cogitationes inanes: vain pleasures, laetitiae futiles: human affairs are vain, res humanae fragiles caducaeque sunt: everything earthly is vain and transitory, infra lunam nihil est nisi mortale et caducum; breves et mutabiles rerum vices sunt. Conceited, Vid: Attached to vain things, vanus: inanis. To be vain, *vanarum rerum or vano glorioiae honorisque studio trahi.