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sŭper-văcānĕus , a, um, adj. vacuus,
I.over and above what is necessary, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supervacaneous (class.): “vasa,supernumerary, extra, Cato, R. R. 12: “opus,” i. e. done at leisure hours, Cic. Sen. 16, 56: “litterae,id. Att. 16, 2, 5: “commemoratio officiorum,id. Fam. 3, 5, 1: “oratio,Liv. 22, 39: “defensio Pauli,id. 45, 37: “iter,id. 21, 13: “actio,Just. 11, 12 fin.: “instituta (opp. necessaria),Suet. Rhet. 1: “quicquid supervacaneum sit, aut usum non habeat, obstare,Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99; cf.: “omnia ita nata atque ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit,id. ib. 2, 47, 121: “descriptio omnium corporis partium, in quā nihil inane, nihil sine causā, nihil supervacaneum,id. ib. 1, 33, 92: “de timore supervacaneum est disserere,Sall. C. 51, 19; 58, 11: “quin alter consul pro supervacaneo atque inutili habeatur,Liv. 10, 24.—* Adv.: sŭper-văcānĕō , uselessly, superfluously. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 3 med.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.5.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.2.5
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 39
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 24
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.35
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 16
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 58
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