Inanis, & hocinane. pen. prod. Plau. Empty: vacãt: voide: vaine: vnconstante: poore: that hath nothing: idle: lighte in estimation.Mensa inanis. Plautus. A voyde and emptie table wythout meate.Inanis atque inops.Plaut.Naked and poore.Inanis accedit. Plautus. He commeth emptie and bringeth nothing.Inanes redierunt.Cic.They came emptie againe.Inanis incedit.Plaut.To goe without any burthen.Inanem ex aliquo loco profugere.Cic. Ager inanis.Cic.Wherein is nothing.Artus inanes.Ouid.Limmes without soule or life.Corpus inane.Ouid.A dead body without life.Nuda & inanis domus. cui opponitur Exornata & instructa. Cic.A naked and emptie house.Inanis equus.Cic.A volde or emptie horse: a leere horse.Horrea inania.Ouid. Inanis locus. Cic.Inanis nauis. Cæs. An emptie ship.Nubila inania. Vir. lnanes ostreæ. Plin. Simulachra inania. Oui. Illusions: vaine phantasies that appeare to be that they are not.Vas inane.Cic. Vmbra inanis. Ouid. Bella inania gerens. Sil. Dreaming that be fight and kepeth warre.Causas nequicquam nect is inanes. Vir. Thou deuisest false excuses in vaiue.Cogitationes inanes.Cic.Inane crimen.Cic.A light accusation.Cupiditatum inanium nec modus vllus, nec finis inuenire potest.Cic.Curæ inanes. Lucr. Vnprofitable cares.Decus inane. Hor. Vnprofitable honoure.Doli inanes. Vir. Inanis elocutio, ac penè puerilis.Cic.Fletus inanes. Vir. Ira inanis. Vir. Lætitia tumefactus inani. Propert. Ludus inanis. Vir. Metus inanis. Lucr. Munus inane.Virg. Nomen inane. Hor. Operam inanem sumere. Hor. To laboure in vaine.Pictura inanis. Vir. Promissum inane. Ouid.Sagina inanis. Quint Falsa & inania somnia. Spe captus inani. Vir. Hauing conceiued a vaine hoye.Inani & tenui spe consolari.Cic.Inane studium. Vir. Studia inania & fluxa. Tac. Inane tempus. Vi. An vnprositable time wherein a man doth nothing.Inania verba. Vir. Visiones inanes.Cic.Vaine illusions.Voces inanes sundere.Cic.Inanis, cum genitiuo.Ouid. Sanguinis atque animæ corpus inane fuit. Voide of bloud and life.Inanislimus prudentiæ.Cic.Cleane without all wisedome.Inanis, cum ablatiuo, Cic. Epistola inanis aliqua re vtili & suaui. An Epistle containing no profitable or pleasaunte matter. Inane, pen prod. Substant. Ouid.Greate emptines: a voyde place.Magnum inane. Vir. A greate empty place.Profundom inane. Lucr.
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ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.). I. Physically: cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus, Cic. Fat. 11, 24: aqualis inanis (opp. plena), Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41: tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane, Lucr. 1, 527: domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, 84: granum inane cassumque, Plin. 18, 17, 45, 161: quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so, naves (opp. onustae), id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, 131; cf.: inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur, Plin. Pan. 31, 4: lagenae, Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2: mensa, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26: vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,
without a burden
, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.: ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis, id. As. 3, 3, 70: janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,
, Verg. G. 3, 134: nubila, id. ib. 4, 196: venti, id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. a)poleloipo/tos yuxh\n sw/matos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.: corpus, Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf. in the foll.: vulgus, i. e.
the shades
, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf. umbra, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25: imago, id. F. 5, 463: regna Ditis, Verg. A. 6, 269: Tartara, Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion's hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so, tigris, id. ib. 6, 722: vultus, i. e.
blind
, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. — (b). With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare): nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1: Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est, id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, 121: sanguinis atque animi pectus inane, Ov. H. 3, 60: corpus animae, id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32: lymphae dolium, Hor. C. 3, 11, 26: pectus deorum, Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. stef. 2, 104. — B.Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.): scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus, Lucr. 1, 439: namque est in rebus inane, id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236: ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: plus esse inanis, Lucr. 1, 365: inani, ib. 524: inane, id. 1, 369; 426; 507; 514 et saep.: ad inane naturae, Plin. 30, 1, 4, 13: per inane,
through the air
, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, 169 et saep.—Abl.: inani, Lucr. 1, 742; 1009: ab inani, id. 1, 431: in inani, id. 1, 1078; 2, 122: sine inani, id. 1, 510; 532; 538: per inania, id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.II.Trop.A. In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant, Cic. Brut. 8, 34: quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.: honesti inane nomen esse, id. Ac. 2, 22, 71: sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana, id. Div. 2, 62, 127: voces inanes fundere, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf. elocutio, id. de Or. 1, 6, 20: damnatus inani judicio, Juv. 1, 47: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 32: verba, id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf. verborum torrenti, id. 10, 7, 23: crimen, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, 177: o inanes nostras contentiones!id. de Or. 3, 2, 7: o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.: inani et tenui spe te consolaris, id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42: spes, Verg. A. 10, 627: religio, Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.: delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc., id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86: cupiditates, id. Fin. 1, 13, 46: causas nequidquam nectis inanes, Verg. A. 9, 219: minae, Hor. Epod. 6, 3: tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
vacant
,
leisure
, Verg. A. 4, 433; so, ternpora (with morae), Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. keno\s xro/nos,the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—(b). With gen.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,
poor in words
, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt, id. Mur. 12, 26.— B. Of persons, vain, worthless, petty: Graii, Lucr. 1, 639: homo inanis et regiae superbiae, Sall. J. 64, 5: imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt, Lact. 2, 17, 8: inanes Hoc juvat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639: hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes, Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.: illud vero pusilli animi et inanis, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7: non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia, Liv. 45, 23, 16.—C. As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity: o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!Pers. 1, 1: inane abscindere soldo, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.: dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet, id. A. P. 230: inaina famae,