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vānĭtas , ātis, f. vanus.
I. Lit., emptiness, nothingness, nullity, want of reality: nulla in caelo nec fortuna, nec temeritas, nec erratio, nec vanitas inest; “contra omnis ordo, veritas, ratio, constantia,Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56: “ne vanitas itineris ludibrio esset,uselessness, purposelessness, Liv. 40, 22, 5: “Romanis Gallici tumultus adsueti, etiam vanitates notae sunt,id. 38, 17, 5 Weissenb. —
B. Esp., falsity, falsehood, deception, untruth, untrustworthiness, fickleness, etc.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.71
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.73
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 18
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 23
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 38
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 10
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.18
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.57
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 17
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 22.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 31.7
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.10
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.21
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 26
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.1
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.42
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.22
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