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|lshtext=<b>vastus</b>: a, um, adj. cf.: [[vanus]], [[vacuus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[empty]], [[unoccupied]], i.e. [[waste]], [[desert]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (so [[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].; syn.: [[vacuus]], [[desertus]]): [[genus]] agrorum [[propter]] pestilentiam vastum [[atque]] [[desertum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69: lex erat lata [[vasto]] ac relicto [[foro]], id. Sest. 24, 53: agrum vastum ac [[desertum]] habere, Liv. 28, 11, 10: vasta ac deserta [[urbs]], id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque [[urbs]], id. 5, 53, 1: [[mons]] [[vastus]] ab naturā et [[humano]] cultu, [[uncultivated]], Sall. J. 48, 3: [[urbs]] a defensoribus vasta, [[without]], Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (the [[fig]]. taken from tracts of [[country]] [[lying]] [[waste]] or [[untilled]]), [[uncultivated]], [[unpolished]], [[rude]], [[rough]], [[harsh]]: vultu motuque corporis vasti [[atque]] agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: [[vastus]] [[homo]] [[atque]] [[foedus]], id. ib. 1, 25, 117: vasti [[quidam]] et insubidi, Gell. 19, 9, 9: fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam [[atque]] hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, Liv. 24, 48, 7: [[littera]] vastior, [[too]] [[harsh]]-[[sounding]], Cic. Or. 45, 153.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Desolate, [[deserted]]: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made [[lonely]], Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.): [[dies]] per [[silentium]] [[vastus]], Tac. A. 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Wasted by [[destruction]], laid [[waste]], [[ravaged]], devastated, destroyed ([[rare]]; cf. vastatus): [[fit]] vasta Troja, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130: jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet [[Peleus]], Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo, Verg. A. 9, 323: nec [[solum]] [[modo]] vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis [[etiam]] vicisque [[illatus]] [[ignis]], Liv. 10, 12, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> With the predom. [[idea]] of [[extent]], [[vast]], [[immense]], [[enormous]], [[huge]], [[monstrous]] (syn.: [[ingens]], [[immanis]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[size]]: jamque [[fere]] [[pulvis]] ad [[caelum]] vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: vasta et [[immanis]] [[belua]], id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.: vastissimae beluae, id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior; ad figuram quae vastior? id. N. D. 1, 35, 97: [[summa]] erat [[vasto]] [[atque]] [[aperto]] mari, [[difficultas]] navigandi, Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.: in vastissimo [[atque]] apertissimo Oceano, id. ib. 3, 9, 7: [[fossa]] vastissima, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: solitudines, id. ib. 2, 6, 19: campi, Verg. A. 3, 13: [[Charybdis]], Lucr. 1, 722: [[antiquus]] [[crater]], quem vastum vastior [[ipse]] Sustulit [[Aegides]], Ov. M. 12, 236: [[antrum]], Verg. A. 1, 52: [[hiatus]] speluncae, id. ib. 6, 237: [[suspectus]] [[turris]], id. ib. 9, 530: [[manus]], Ov. F. 2, 322: [[arma]], Verg. A. 10, 768: [[corpus]], Col. 7, 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., of [[degree]], etc., [[immense]], [[enormous]], [[prodigious]], [[vast]], etc.: [[iter]], i.e. on the [[vast]] [[ocean]], Ov. M. 14, 438: [[certamen]], Verg. A. 12, 553: [[impetus]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 30: pugnae Cannensis [[clades]] vastissima, Gell. 5, 17, 5: [[tempestas]], Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.: vapores vastissimi, id. 2, 20, 1: [[clamor]], Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494: [[murmur]], Verg. A. 1, 245: [[latratus]], Col. 7, 12, 3: [[tonitru]], Val. Fl. 1, 617: [[pondus]], Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: [[vastus]] [[animus]], i.e. [[insatiable]], Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely [[with]] abstr. nouns: [[quam]] vasta [[potentia]] nostra est, Ov. M. 2, 520: [[varia]] vastaque [[scientia]], Col. 1, pr. 28: [[nefas]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.—Adv.: vastē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to [[vastus]], I. B.) Rudely, [[harshly]]: loqui non [[aspere]], non [[vaste]], non [[rustice]], etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45: ne vastius diducantur verba, id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. B.) Widely, [[vastly]], [[immensely]], [[violently]], [[enormously]]: [[vaste]] cedentia litora, Mel. 1, 1, 4: vastius insurgens decimae ruit [[impetus]] undae, Ov. M. 11, 530: vastius [[podagra]] correpti, Scrib. Comp. 107.
|lshtext=<b>vastus</b>: a, um, adj. cf.: [[vanus]], [[vacuus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[empty]], [[unoccupied]], i.e. [[waste]], [[desert]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (so [[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].; syn.: [[vacuus]], [[desertus]]): [[genus]] agrorum [[propter]] pestilentiam vastum [[atque]] [[desertum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69: lex erat lata [[vasto]] ac relicto [[foro]], id. Sest. 24, 53: agrum vastum ac [[desertum]] habere, Liv. 28, 11, 10: vasta ac deserta [[urbs]], id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque [[urbs]], id. 5, 53, 1: [[mons]] [[vastus]] ab naturā et [[humano]] cultu, [[uncultivated]], Sall. J. 48, 3: [[urbs]] a defensoribus vasta, [[without]], Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (the [[fig]]. taken from tracts of [[country]] [[lying]] [[waste]] or [[untilled]]), [[uncultivated]], [[unpolished]], [[rude]], [[rough]], [[harsh]]: vultu motuque corporis vasti [[atque]] agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: [[vastus]] [[homo]] [[atque]] [[foedus]], id. ib. 1, 25, 117: vasti [[quidam]] et insubidi, Gell. 19, 9, 9: fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam [[atque]] hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, Liv. 24, 48, 7: [[littera]] vastior, [[too]] [[harsh]]-[[sounding]], Cic. Or. 45, 153.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Desolate, [[deserted]]: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made [[lonely]], Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.): [[dies]] per [[silentium]] [[vastus]], Tac. A. 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Wasted by [[destruction]], laid [[waste]], [[ravaged]], devastated, destroyed ([[rare]]; cf. vastatus): [[fit]] vasta Troja, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130: jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet [[Peleus]], Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo, Verg. A. 9, 323: nec [[solum]] [[modo]] vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis [[etiam]] vicisque [[illatus]] [[ignis]], Liv. 10, 12, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> With the predom. [[idea]] of [[extent]], [[vast]], [[immense]], [[enormous]], [[huge]], [[monstrous]] (syn.: [[ingens]], [[immanis]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[size]]: jamque [[fere]] [[pulvis]] ad [[caelum]] vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: vasta et [[immanis]] [[belua]], id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.: vastissimae beluae, id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior; ad figuram quae vastior? id. N. D. 1, 35, 97: [[summa]] erat [[vasto]] [[atque]] [[aperto]] mari, [[difficultas]] navigandi, Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.: in vastissimo [[atque]] apertissimo Oceano, id. ib. 3, 9, 7: [[fossa]] vastissima, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: solitudines, id. ib. 2, 6, 19: campi, Verg. A. 3, 13: [[Charybdis]], Lucr. 1, 722: [[antiquus]] [[crater]], quem vastum vastior [[ipse]] Sustulit [[Aegides]], Ov. M. 12, 236: [[antrum]], Verg. A. 1, 52: [[hiatus]] speluncae, id. ib. 6, 237: [[suspectus]] [[turris]], id. ib. 9, 530: [[manus]], Ov. F. 2, 322: [[arma]], Verg. A. 10, 768: [[corpus]], Col. 7, 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., of [[degree]], etc., [[immense]], [[enormous]], [[prodigious]], [[vast]], etc.: [[iter]], i.e. on the [[vast]] [[ocean]], Ov. M. 14, 438: [[certamen]], Verg. A. 12, 553: [[impetus]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 30: pugnae Cannensis [[clades]] vastissima, Gell. 5, 17, 5: [[tempestas]], Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.: vapores vastissimi, id. 2, 20, 1: [[clamor]], Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494: [[murmur]], Verg. A. 1, 245: [[latratus]], Col. 7, 12, 3: [[tonitru]], Val. Fl. 1, 617: [[pondus]], Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: [[vastus]] [[animus]], i.e. [[insatiable]], Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely [[with]] abstr. nouns: [[quam]] vasta [[potentia]] nostra est, Ov. M. 2, 520: [[varia]] vastaque [[scientia]], Col. 1, pr. 28: [[nefas]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.—Adv.: vastē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to [[vastus]], I. B.) Rudely, [[harshly]]: loqui non [[aspere]], non [[vaste]], non [[rustice]], etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45: ne vastius diducantur verba, id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. B.) Widely, [[vastly]], [[immensely]], [[violently]], [[enormously]]: [[vaste]] cedentia litora, Mel. 1, 1, 4: vastius insurgens decimae ruit [[impetus]] undae, Ov. M. 11, 530: vastius [[podagra]] correpti, Scrib. Comp. 107.
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|gf=<b>vāstus</b>,⁸ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> vide, désert : [[vasto]] et relicto [[foro]] Cic. Sest. 53, dans le [[forum]] désert et abandonné, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 69 ; Part. 36 ; Liv. 24, 3, 11 ; 28, 11, 10 &#124;&#124; [[urbs]] a defensoribus vasta Liv. 23, 30, 7, ville abandonnée de ses défenseurs ; vasta incendiis [[urbs]] Liv. 5, 53, 1, ville que l’incendie a rendue déserte<br /><b>2</b> désolé, dévasté, ravagé : Pl. Bacch. 1053 ; Virg. En. 9, 323 ; Liv. 10, 12, 8<br /><b>3</b> prodigieusement grand, monstrueux, démesuré : [[belua]] vasta Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 49, bête énorme, monstrueuse, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 49 ; Nat. 1, 97 ; vastum [[mare]] Cæs. G. 3, 12, 5, mer immense ; vastissimus [[Oceanus]] Cæs. G. 3, 9, 7, l’Océan si prodigieusement [[vaste]] ; [[fossa]] vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 11, un immense fossé ; vasta [[arma]] Virg. En. 10, 768, armure colossale &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[vastus]] [[animus]] Sall. C. 5, 4, esprit démesuré, insatiable ; vasta [[potentia]] Ov. M. 2, 520, puissance étendue, [[vaste]] &#124;&#124; [[vastus]] [[clamor]] Virg. En. 10, 716, cris qui retentissent au loin, cf. Virg. En. 1, 245 ; Col. Rust. 7, 12, 3 ; vastum [[pondus]] Virg. En. 5, 447, énorme poids<br /><b>4</b> sauvage, grossier, [[inculte]], brut : [[vastus]] [[homo]] [[atque]] fœdus Cic. de Or. 1, 117, homme d’aspect grossier et repoussant, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 115 ; [[littera]] vastior Cic. Or. 153, lettre de prononciation désagréable ; [[omnia]] vasta ac temeraria [[esse]] Liv. 24, 48, 7, tout était mal ordonné et livré au hasard.
|gf=<b>vāstus</b>,⁸ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> vide, désert : [[vasto]] et relicto [[foro]] Cic. Sest. 53, dans le [[forum]] désert et abandonné, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 69 ; Part. 36 ; Liv. 24, 3, 11 ; 28, 11, 10 &#124;&#124; [[urbs]] a defensoribus vasta Liv. 23, 30, 7, ville abandonnée de ses défenseurs ; vasta incendiis [[urbs]] Liv. 5, 53, 1, ville que l’incendie a rendue déserte<br /><b>2</b> désolé, dévasté, ravagé : Pl. Bacch. 1053 ; Virg. En. 9, 323 ; Liv. 10, 12, 8<br /><b>3</b> prodigieusement grand, monstrueux, démesuré : [[belua]] vasta Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 49, bête énorme, monstrueuse, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 49 ; Nat. 1, 97 ; vastum [[mare]] Cæs. G. 3, 12, 5, mer immense ; vastissimus [[Oceanus]] Cæs. G. 3, 9, 7, l’Océan si prodigieusement [[vaste]] ; [[fossa]] vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 11, un immense fossé ; vasta [[arma]] Virg. En. 10, 768, armure colossale &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[vastus]] [[animus]] Sall. C. 5, 4, esprit démesuré, insatiable ; vasta [[potentia]] Ov. M. 2, 520, puissance étendue, [[vaste]] &#124;&#124; [[vastus]] [[clamor]] Virg. En. 10, 716, cris qui retentissent au loin, cf. Virg. En. 1, 245 ; Col. Rust. 7, 12, 3 ; vastum [[pondus]] Virg. En. 5, 447, énorme poids<br /><b>4</b> sauvage, grossier, [[inculte]], brut : [[vastus]] [[homo]] [[atque]] fœdus Cic. de Or. 1, 117, homme d’aspect grossier et repoussant, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 115 ; [[littera]] vastior Cic. Or. 153, lettre de prononciation désagréable ; [[omnia]] vasta ac temeraria [[esse]] Liv. 24, 48, 7, tout était mal ordonné et livré au hasard.
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{{Georges
|georg=vāstus, a, um (vgl. ahd. wuosti, [[öde]], [[wüst]], [[leer]]), [[wüst]], [[öde]], [[verödet]], [[leer]], I) eig.: A) im allg.: a) absol.: loci coaedificati an vasti, Cic.: vasta ac deserta [[urbs]], Liv.: [[ager]] [[vastus]] et [[desertus]], Liv.: [[genus]] agrorum [[propter]] pestilentiam vastum [[atque]] [[desertum]], Cic. – [[dies]] per [[silentium]] [[vastus]] (Ggstz. ploratibus [[inquies]]), Tac. – b) m. ab u. Abl.: [[mons]] [[vastus]] ab [[natura]] et [[humano]] cultu, Sall.: [[urbs]] a defensoribus vasta, Liv.: [[abs]] te viduae et vastae virgines, [[vereinsamt]], Enn. – B) insbes., [[durch]] [[Verwüstung]] [[verödet]], verheert, verwüstet, [[Troia]], Plaut.: [[solum]], Liv.: poet., [[haec]] [[ego]] vasta dabo, werde [[ich]] [[verheeren]], Verg. Aen. 9, 323. – II) meton.: 1) [[ungeheuer]] [[groß]], -[[weit]], [[ungeheuer]], [[unermeßlich]], entsetzlich, [[belua]] [[immanis]] et vasta, Cic.: [[mare]], Caes.: [[crater]], Ov.: [[clamor]], Verg.: [[iter]], Ov. – elephanto ad figuram [[quae]] ([[belua]]) vastior? Cic.: [[belua]] vastissima, Cic.: vastissimus [[Oceanus]], Caes. – v. Abstr., [[animus]], unersättlicher [[Sinn]], Sall.: [[scientia]], weitumfassend, Colum.: [[potentia]], [[vielumfassend]], Ov. – 2) [[ungebildet]], [[plump]], [[roh]], [[vastus]] [[homo]] [[atque]] [[foedus]], Cic.: sunt [[quidam]] vultu motuque corporis vasti [[atque]] agrestes, Cic.: [[littera]] vastior, harter, rauher [[Buchstabe]], Cic.: [[oratio]], Cornif. rhet.: [[omnia]] vasta [[esse]], Liv.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=vastus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: 廣大。太大。粗鹵。拙人。無趣。剿滅。無人者。— animus 無足之心。無饜。Vasta littera 顯音之字。Vasta oratio 不順口之文。Vasta trabes 寬大之舟。
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Latin > English

vastus vasta -um, vastior -or -us, vastissimus -a -um ADJ :: huge, vast; monstrous

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vastus: a, um, adj. cf.: vanus, vacuus,
I empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
I Lit. (so rare but class.; syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro, id. Sest. 24, 53: agrum vastum ac desertum habere, Liv. 28, 11, 10: vasta ac deserta urbs, id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3: urbs a defensoribus vasta, without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—
   B Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh: vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: vastus homo atque foedus, id. ib. 1, 25, 117: vasti quidam et insubidi, Gell. 19, 9, 9: fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, Liv. 24, 48, 7: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—
II Transf.
   A Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.): dies per silentium vastus, Tac. A. 3, 4.—
   B Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf. vastatus): fit vasta Troja, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130: jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo, Verg. A. 9, 323: nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis, Liv. 10, 12, 8.—
   C With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).
   1    Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: vasta et immanis belua, id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.: vastissimae beluae, id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior; ad figuram quae vastior? id. N. D. 1, 35, 97: summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi, Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.: in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano, id. ib. 3, 9, 7: fossa vastissima, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: solitudines, id. ib. 2, 6, 19: campi, Verg. A. 3, 13: Charybdis, Lucr. 1, 722: antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, Ov. M. 12, 236: antrum, Verg. A. 1, 52: hiatus speluncae, id. ib. 6, 237: suspectus turris, id. ib. 9, 530: manus, Ov. F. 2, 322: arma, Verg. A. 10, 768: corpus, Col. 7, 12, 3.—
   2    Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.: iter, i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438: certamen, Verg. A. 12, 553: impetus, Hor. C. 4, 14, 30: pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima, Gell. 5, 17, 5: tempestas, Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.: vapores vastissimi, id. 2, 20, 1: clamor, Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494: murmur, Verg. A. 1, 245: latratus, Col. 7, 12, 3: tonitru, Val. Fl. 1, 617: pondus, Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—
   3    Trop.: vastus animus, i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns: quam vasta potentia nostra est, Ov. M. 2, 520: varia vastaque scientia, Col. 1, pr. 28: nefas, Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.—Adv.: vastē.
   1    (Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly: loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45: ne vastius diducantur verba, id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—
   2    (Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously: vaste cedentia litora, Mel. 1, 1, 4: vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae, Ov. M. 11, 530: vastius podagra correpti, Scrib. Comp. 107.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vāstus,⁸ a, um,
1 vide, désert : vasto et relicto foro Cic. Sest. 53, dans le forum désert et abandonné, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 69 ; Part. 36 ; Liv. 24, 3, 11 ; 28, 11, 10 || urbs a defensoribus vasta Liv. 23, 30, 7, ville abandonnée de ses défenseurs ; vasta incendiis urbs Liv. 5, 53, 1, ville que l’incendie a rendue déserte
2 désolé, dévasté, ravagé : Pl. Bacch. 1053 ; Virg. En. 9, 323 ; Liv. 10, 12, 8
3 prodigieusement grand, monstrueux, démesuré : belua vasta Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 49, bête énorme, monstrueuse, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 49 ; Nat. 1, 97 ; vastum mare Cæs. G. 3, 12, 5, mer immense ; vastissimus Oceanus Cæs. G. 3, 9, 7, l’Océan si prodigieusement vaste ; fossa vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 11, un immense fossé ; vasta arma Virg. En. 10, 768, armure colossale || [fig.] vastus animus Sall. C. 5, 4, esprit démesuré, insatiable ; vasta potentia Ov. M. 2, 520, puissance étendue, vaste || vastus clamor Virg. En. 10, 716, cris qui retentissent au loin, cf. Virg. En. 1, 245 ; Col. Rust. 7, 12, 3 ; vastum pondus Virg. En. 5, 447, énorme poids
4 sauvage, grossier, inculte, brut : vastus homo atque fœdus Cic. de Or. 1, 117, homme d’aspect grossier et repoussant, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 115 ; littera vastior Cic. Or. 153, lettre de prononciation désagréable ; omnia vasta ac temeraria esse Liv. 24, 48, 7, tout était mal ordonné et livré au hasard.

Latin > German (Georges)

vāstus, a, um (vgl. ahd. wuosti, öde, wüst, leer), wüst, öde, verödet, leer, I) eig.: A) im allg.: a) absol.: loci coaedificati an vasti, Cic.: vasta ac deserta urbs, Liv.: ager vastus et desertus, Liv.: genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. – dies per silentium vastus (Ggstz. ploratibus inquies), Tac. – b) m. ab u. Abl.: mons vastus ab natura et humano cultu, Sall.: urbs a defensoribus vasta, Liv.: abs te viduae et vastae virgines, vereinsamt, Enn. – B) insbes., durch Verwüstung verödet, verheert, verwüstet, Troia, Plaut.: solum, Liv.: poet., haec ego vasta dabo, werde ich verheeren, Verg. Aen. 9, 323. – II) meton.: 1) ungeheuer groß, -weit, ungeheuer, unermeßlich, entsetzlich, belua immanis et vasta, Cic.: mare, Caes.: crater, Ov.: clamor, Verg.: iter, Ov. – elephanto ad figuram quae (belua) vastior? Cic.: belua vastissima, Cic.: vastissimus Oceanus, Caes. – v. Abstr., animus, unersättlicher Sinn, Sall.: scientia, weitumfassend, Colum.: potentia, vielumfassend, Ov. – 2) ungebildet, plump, roh, vastus homo atque foedus, Cic.: sunt quidam vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes, Cic.: littera vastior, harter, rauher Buchstabe, Cic.: oratio, Cornif. rhet.: omnia vasta esse, Liv.

Latin > Chinese

vastus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 廣大。太大。粗鹵。拙人。無趣。剿滅。無人者。— animus 無足之心。無饜。Vasta littera 顯音之字。Vasta oratio 不順口之文。Vasta trabes 寬大之舟。