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|lshtext=<b>vānĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[vanus]].<br /><b>I</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., [[falsity]], [[falsehood]], [[deception]], [[untruth]], [[untrustworthiness]], [[fickleness]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: non [[pudet]] Vanitatis? Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41: imbuimur erroribus, ut vanitati [[veritas]] cedat, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: [[mercatura]] ... [[multa]] [[undique]] apportans, multisque [[sine]] vanitate impertiens, etc., id. Off. 1, 42, 151: nec [[vero]] [[quicquam]] turpius est vanitate, id. ib. 1, 42, 150: [[quamvis]] blanda ista [[vanitas]] [[apud]] eos valeat, etc., id. Lael. 26, 99: cum ad vanitatem accessit [[auctoritas]], id. ib. 25, 94.—Plur.: Magicae vanitates, Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18; cf. id. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: [[quid]] de iis existimandum est, qui orationis vanitatem adhibuerunt? Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: opinionum [[vanitas]], id. Leg. 1, 10, 29: suum [[imperium]] minui per vanitatem populi, [[fickleness]], Liv. 44, 22, 10: [[multa]] [[circa]] hoc non Magorum [[solum]] vanitate, sed [[etiam]] Pythagoricorum, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20 Jan.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[vanity]], [[vainglory]]: huic homini non [[minor]] [[vanitas]] inerat [[quam]] [[audacia]], Sall. C. 23, 2; id. J. 38, 1: qui se [[propalam]] per vanitatem jactassent [[tamquam]] amicos Persei, Liv. 45, 31, 7: [[vanitas]] [[atque]] jactatio, Quint. 11, 2, 22: [[vanitas]] [[atque]] [[insolentia]], Suet. Vit. 10: [[Quintius]] [[Atticus]] [[consul]] umbrā honoris et suāmet vanilate [[monstratus]], Tac. H. 3, 73: nec [[Agricola]] prosperitate rerum in vanitatem [[usus]], etc., id. Agr. 18 fin.: [[Statius]] veniam ... vanitate exitūs corrupit, id. A. 15, 71.
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