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văcŭĭtas , ātis, f. id..
I. Lit., concr., empty space, a vacancy, vacuity: “interveniorum vacuitates,” Vitr. 2, 7.—
II. Transf., a being without, a freedom, absence, exemption from any thing (class.; cf. vacatio).
1. With gen.: “liberatio et vacuitas omnis molestiae,” Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: “doloris,” id. ib. 2, 5, 16; 2, 6, 18; 2, 11, 35; “2, 12, 37: aegritudinis,” id. Tusc. 5, 14, 42.—
2. With ab and abl.: “vacuitas ab angoribus,” Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—
B. Esp., a vacancy in an office: consulum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.10.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 2.7
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.11
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.14
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.21
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