vastus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

vāstus adj.with comp.and sup.

VAC-, empty, unoccupied, waste, desert, devastated : genus agrorum: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro: vasta incendiis urbs, L.: mons ab naturā, S.: urbs a defensoribus, without , L.: Haec ego vasta dabo, will lay waste , V.— Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous : belua: vastissimae beluae: ad figuram quae (belua) vastior?: mare, Cs.: mare vastissimum: crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, O.: vastus animus nimis alta cupiebat, i. e. insatiable ambition , S.: iter, i. e. on the vast ocean , O.: certamen, V.: impetus, H.— Fig., uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh : voltu motuque corporis: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, L.: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding .

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