vacuus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • uacuus (most Latin texts use the same character for 'u' and 'v')

Etymology

From vacō (“I am empty, void”) +‎ -uus (“adjective-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vacuus (feminine vacua, neuter vacuum); first/second declension

  1. empty, vacant, unoccupied
    Fēmina dīxit pōculum vacuum esse.
    The woman said that the cup was empty.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:
      terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
      And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
  2. devoid or free of, without
  3. [of time] free, unoccupied

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vacuus vacua vacuum vacuī vacuae vacua
Genitive vacuī vacuae vacuī vacuōrum vacuārum vacuōrum
Dative vacuō vacuae vacuō vacuīs vacuīs vacuīs
Accusative vacuum vacuam vacuum vacuōs vacuās vacua
Ablative vacuō vacuā vacuō vacuīs vacuīs vacuīs
Vocative vacue vacua vacuum vacuī vacuae vacua

Derived terms

Descendants

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.