vacivus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

văcīvus or vŏcīvus (so always in Plautus; cf. Trin. prol. 11 Brix;

Ritschl, Nov. Exc. I. p. 59 sq.), a, um, adj. [vaco], empty , void (ante-class.); absol. : aedes facere alicui, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 6: aedes aurium, id. Ps. 1, 5, 54; for which, aures, id. Cas. prol. 29; id. Trin. prol. 11.—With gen.: valens afflictet me vocivum virium, i. e. destitute of strength , powerless , Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 46: tempus laboris, Ter. Heaut. 90. —Adv.: văcīvē , at leisure , leisurely : libellum perlegere, Phaedr. 5, praef. 14.