previous next

vāstus adj. with comp. and sup.

VAC-, empty, unoccupied, waste, desert, devastated: genus agrorum: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro: vasta incendiis urbs, L.: mons ab naturā, S.: urbs a defensoribus, without, L.: Haec ego vasta dabo, will lay waste, V.Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous: belua: vastissimae beluae: ad figu<*>am quae (belua) vastior?: mare, Cs.: mare vastissimum: crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, O.: vastus animus nimis alta cupiebat, i. e. insatiable ambition, S.: iter, i. e. on the vast ocean, O.: certamen, V.: impetus, H.— Fig., uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh: voltu motuque corporis: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, L.: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: