Latin

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

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

1. empty, vacant, unoccupied

   Femina dixit poculum 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.

Derived terms

• vacuē
• vacuitās
• vacuō
• vacuum
• *vocitus

Related terms

• vacāns
• vacanter

Descendants

• English: vacuous
• Italian: vacuo
• Portuguese: vago, vácuo
• Spanish: vago, vacuo

References

• vacuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vacuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VACUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vacuus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.