vacivus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vaco (“to be empty”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vacīvus (feminine vacīva, neuter vacīvum, adverb vacīvē); first/second-declension adjective (Old Latin)

  1. empty, void [with genitive]
    Synonyms: expers, vacuus, viduus
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.2.45:
      valens afflictet me vacivum virium.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vacīvus vacīva vacīvum vacīvī vacīvae vacīva
genitive vacīvī vacīvae vacīvī vacīvōrum vacīvārum vacīvōrum
dative vacīvō vacīvae vacīvō vacīvīs
accusative vacīvum vacīvam vacīvum vacīvōs vacīvās vacīva
ablative vacīvō vacīvā vacīvō vacīvīs
vocative vacīve vacīva vacīvum vacīvī vacīvae vacīva

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: vacíu
  • Catalan: baciu
  • Galician: vacío
  • Portuguese: vazio
  • Spanish: vacío

Further reading

  • “văcīvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "vacivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “văcīvus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “vacīvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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