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văpĭdus , a, um, adj. vapor,
I.that has emitted steam or vapor, i. e. that has lost its life and spirit, spoiled, flat, vapid.
I. Lit.: “vinum,” Col. 12, 5, 1.—
II. Transf., spoiled, bad.
A. Lit.: “pix,” Pers. 5, 148.—
B. Trop.: “astutam vapido servas sub pectore vulpem,” Pers. 5, 117.—Adv.: văpĭdē , poorly, badly, ill: “se habere, for male se habere, a favorite expression of Augustus,” Suet. Aug. 87.
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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