inanitas

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

ĭnānĭtas, ātis, f. [inanis].

I Lit., emptiness , empty space (rare but class.): mihi inanitate Jamdudum intestina murmurant, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 5: per inanitatem ferri, Cic. Fat. 9, 18: oris, Quint. 1, 11, 6.—

II Trop., emptiness , uselessness , inanity (rare but class.): amputata circumcisaque inanitate omni, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: verborum et imaginum, Gell. 13, 8, 2.

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