"vanus" meaning in Latin

See vanus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈu̯aː.nus/ [Classical], [ˈu̯äːnʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈva.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈväːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wānos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, leave, abandon, give out”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wanaz, Sanskrit ऊन (ūná). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wānos}} Proto-Italic *wānos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-||empty, leave, abandon, give out}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, leave, abandon, give out”), {{cog|gem-pro|*wanaz}} Proto-Germanic *wanaz, {{cog|sa|ऊन|tr=ūná}} Sanskrit ऊन (ūná) Head templates: {{la-adj|vānus|sup=vānissimus}} vānus (feminine vāna, neuter vānum, superlative vānissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|vānus}} Forms: vānus [canonical], vāna [feminine], vānum [neuter], vānissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], vānus [masculine, nominative, singular], vāna [feminine, nominative, singular], vānum [neuter, nominative, singular], vānī [masculine, nominative, plural], vānae [feminine, nominative, plural], vāna [neuter, nominative, plural], vānī [genitive, masculine, singular], vānae [feminine, genitive, singular], vānī [genitive, neuter, singular], vānōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], vānārum [feminine, genitive, plural], vānōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], vānō [dative, masculine, singular], vānae [dative, feminine, singular], vānō [dative, neuter, singular], vānīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], vānum [accusative, masculine, singular], vānam [accusative, feminine, singular], vānum [accusative, neuter, singular], vānōs [accusative, masculine, plural], vānās [accusative, feminine, plural], vāna [accusative, neuter, plural], vānō [ablative, masculine, singular], vānā [ablative, feminine, singular], vānō [ablative, neuter, singular], vānīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], vāne [masculine, singular, vocative], vāna [feminine, singular, vocative], vānum [neuter, singular, vocative], vānī [masculine, plural, vocative], vānae [feminine, plural, vocative], vāna [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. vain, empty, vacant, void Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: vacuus, inānis, irritus
    Sense id: en-vanus-la-adj-yCx-Zde4
  2. unsubstantial Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-vanus-la-adj-XAt3pmia
  3. (figuratively) groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindless, empty, idle, without foundation Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vanus-la-adj-EjXADuey
  4. ostentatious, boastful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-vanus-la-adj-be0NONHE
  5. deceptive, untrustworthy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-vanus-la-adj-vd3-5Ayn Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 25 28 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vānēscō, vānitās, vānum

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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Italian: vano"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: van",
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      "text": "→ Romanian: van"
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      "text": "Old Occitan:"
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      "text": "Catalan: va"
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      "text": "Old French: vain, vaine"
    },
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vein\nEnglish: vain\nScots: vane, vain, vaine"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
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        }
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      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vão\nGalician: van\nPortuguese: vão"
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
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        }
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      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: vano",
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        }
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      "text": "Spanish: vano"
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          "expansion": "⇒ Aromanian: vãnãt",
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        }
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      "text": "⇒ Aromanian: vãnãt"
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            "1": "VL.",
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            "1": "la",
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          },
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          "name": "m"
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            "1": "or from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">vānitās</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(or from vānitās)",
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        }
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      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: vānitāre (or from vānitās)"
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            "1": "it",
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          "expansion": "Italian: vantare",
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      "text": "Italian: vantare"
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        }
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        {
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            "1": "ro",
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            "unc": "1"
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          "expansion": "⇒? Romanian: vântă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "form": "vānus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vāna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vānum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vānus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vāna",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vānēscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vānitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vānum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plenus"
        },
        {
          "word": "refertus"
        },
        {
          "word": "opīmus"
        },
        {
          "word": "implētus"
        },
        {
          "word": "explētus"
        },
        {
          "word": "complētus"
        },
        {
          "word": "frequens"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, 2 Paralipomenon 32:15",
          "text": "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 (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"
      ],
      "id": "en-vanus-la-adj-yCx-Zde4",
      "links": [
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "void",
          "void"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vacuus"
        },
        {
          "word": "inānis"
        },
        {
          "word": "irritus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unsubstantial"
      ],
      "id": "en-vanus-la-adj-XAt3pmia",
      "links": [
        [
          "unsubstantial",
          "unsubstantial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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, …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "groundless, baseless, meaningless, pointless, worthless, ineffectual, mindless, empty, idle, without foundation"
      ],
      "id": "en-vanus-la-adj-EjXADuey",
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-vanus-la-adj-be0NONHE",
      "links": [
        [
          "ostentatious",
          "ostentatious"
        ],
        [
          "boastful",
          "boastful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 1 25 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deceptive, untrustworthy"
      ],
      "id": "en-vanus-la-adj-vd3-5Ayn",
      "links": [
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "untrustworthy",
          "untrustworthy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯aː.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯äːnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈväːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vanus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weh₂-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vano"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "van",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: van",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: van"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "va"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: va",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: va"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "vain",
            "3": "vaine"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: vain, vaine",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: vain, vaine"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vain"
          },
          "expansion": "French: vain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: vain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "vein",
            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: vein\nEnglish: vain\nScots: vane, vain, vaine",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vein\nEnglish: vain\nScots: vane, vain, vaine"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "van"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: van",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: van"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "vão"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vão\nGalician: van\nPortuguese: vão",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vão\nGalician: van\nPortuguese: vão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "vano"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: vano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: vano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "vãnãt",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Aromanian: vãnãt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Aromanian: vãnãt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "vānitāre",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: vānitāre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "vānitās"
          },
          "expansion": "vānitās",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">vānitās</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(or from vānitās)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: vānitāre (or from vānitās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vantare"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vantare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vantare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "vanter"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: vanter, vaunter\nFrench: vanter\n→ Middle English: vaunten\nEnglish: vaunt\nScots: vaunt",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: vanter, vaunter\nFrench: vanter\n→ Middle English: vaunten\nEnglish: vaunt\nScots: vaunt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*vânta"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: *vânta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: *vânta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "vântă",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Romanian: vântă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Romanian: vântă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "vaniloquence",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: vaniloquence",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: vaniloquence"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*wānos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *wānos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "empty, leave, abandon, give out"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, leave, abandon, give out”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wanaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wanaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ऊन",
        "tr": "ūná"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit ऊन (ūná)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wānos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, leave, abandon, give out”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wanaz, Sanskrit ऊन (ūná).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vānus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vāna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vānum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vānissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vānus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vāna",
      "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",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, 2 Paralipomenon 32:15",
          "text": "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 (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, …."
        }
      ],
      "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": "/ˈu̯aː.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯äːnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈva.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈväːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vanus"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: vanus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "vanus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "vanus",
  "trace": ""
}

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