vacuefacio

Latin

Etymology

From vacuus +‎ -(ē)faciō. Compare vacēfīō.

Pronunciation

Verb

vacuēfaciō (present infinitive vacuēfacere, perfect active vacuēfēcī, supine vacuēfactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

  1. to empty, evacuate
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.14:
      Nūper cum morte superiōris uxōris novīs nūptiīs domum vacuēfēcissēs, nōnne etiam aliō incrēdibilī scelere hoc scelus cumulāstī?
      When recently, after the death of your previous wife, you had emptied your house for a new marriage, did you not also pile upon this crime with another unbelievable atrocity?

Conjugation

References

  • vacuefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers