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vacuum

vacuum is a Latin form of vacuus, meaning “empty, vacant; free (from); idle, at leisure”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 137 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.12.2: Id ex itinere oppugnare conatus, quod vacuum ab defensoribus esse audiebat, propter latitudinem fossae murique altitudinem paucis defendentibus expugnare non potuit.

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 52: … aciem exornat neque remittit, quid ubique hostis ageret, explorare. Postquam Rutilium consedisse iam et animo uacuum accepit, simulque ex Iugurthae proelio clamorem augeri, veritus, ne legatus cognita re laborantibus suis auxi …

All forms of vacuus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.