vapidus

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

văpĭdus, a, um, adj. [vapor], that has emitted steam or vapor, i. e. that has lost its life and spirit, spoiled, flat, vapid.

I Lit.: vinum, Col. 12, 5, 1.—

II Transf., spoiled , bad.

A Lit.: pix, Pers. 5, 148.—

B Trop.: astutam vapido servas sub pectore vulpem, Pers. 5, 117.—Adv.: văpĭdē , poorly , badly , ill : se habere, for male se habere, a favorite expression of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 87.