I.to make empty, to empty out, evacuate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “hoc ubi inanitur spatium, etc.,” Lucr. 6, 1005; cf.: “locus inanitus magis ac vacuatus,” ib. 1025: “herbacea arefacta per se inanit alvum,” Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14: “vesicas (polium),” id. 21, 20, 84, § 146: “corpora (luna, opp. implet),” id. 2, 98, 99, § 122.—Part. as subst.: ĭnānītum , i, n., vacancy, emptiness (opp. plenum), Tert. Res. Carn. 4.
ĭnānĭo , īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. inanis,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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