See vanus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vāna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vāna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vānō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vānīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vāne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vāna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vānum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vānī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vānae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vāna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vānus",
"sup": "vānissimus"
},
"expansion": "vānus (feminine vāna, neuter vānum, superlative vānissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vānus"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "vānēscō"
},
{
"word": "vānitās"
},
{
"word": "vānum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "plenus"
},
{
"word": "refertus"
},
{
"word": "opīmus"
},
{
"word": "implētus"
},
{
"word": "explētus"
},
{
"word": "complētus"
},
{
"word": "frequens"
}
],
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Therefore let not Ezechias deceive you, nor delude you with a vain persuasion, and do not believe him. For if no god of all the nations and kingdoms, could deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers, consequently neither shall your God be able to deliver you out of my hand.",
"roman": "non vos ergo decipiat Ezechias nec vana persuasione deludat neque credatis ei si enim nullus potuit deus cunctarum gentium atque regnorum liberare populum suum de manu mea et de manu patrum meorum consequenter nec Deus vester poterit eruere vos de hac manu.",
"text": "4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, 2 Paralipomenon 32:15",
"translation": "Therefore let not Ezechias deceive you, nor delude you with a vain persuasion, and do not believe him. For if no god of all the nations and kingdoms, could deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers, consequently neither shall your God be able to deliver you out of my hand.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vain, empty, vacant, void"
],
"links": [
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"empty",
"empty"
],
[
"vacant",
"vacant"
],
[
"void",
"void"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vacuus"
},
{
"word": "inānis"
},
{
"word": "irritus"
}
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"unsubstantial"
],
"links": [
[
"unsubstantial",
"unsubstantial"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "“[About all of] that, [Hector says] nothing, nor does my idle inquiry delay him, ….”",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.287",
"text": "Ille nihil, nec mē quaerentem vāna morātur, ….",
"translation": "“[About all of] that, [Hector says] nothing, nor does my idle inquiry delay him, ….”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindless, empty, idle, without foundation"
],
"links": [
[
"groundless",
"groundless"
],
[
"baseless",
"baseless"
],
[
"meaningless",
"meaningless"
],
[
"pointless",
"pointless"
],
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
],
[
"ineffectual",
"ineffectual"
],
[
"mindless",
"mindless"
],
[
"empty",
"empty"
],
[
"idle",
"idle"
],
[
"without",
"without"
],
[
"foundation",
"foundation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindless, empty, idle, without foundation"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"ostentatious, boastful"
],
"links": [
[
"ostentatious",
"ostentatious"
],
[
"boastful",
"boastful"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"deceptive, untrustworthy"
],
"links": [
[
"deceptive",
"deceptive"
],
[
"untrustworthy",
"untrustworthy"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈwaː.nʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvaː.nus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "vanus"
}
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