vanitas

Latin > English

vanitas vanitatis N F :: emptiness, untruthfulness; futility, foolishness, empty pride

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vānĭtas: ātis, f. vanus.
I 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. —
   B Esp., falsity, falsehood, deception, untruth, untrustworthiness, fickleness, etc.
   1    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.—
   2    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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vānĭtās,¹¹ ātis (vanus), f., état de vide, de non-réalité :
1 vaine apparence, mensonge : opinionum Cic. Leg. 1, 29, opinions trompeuses || paroles creuses, trompeuses : blanda vanitas Cic. Læl. 99, mensonges flatteurs || tromperie, fraude (cf. Gell. 18, 4, 10, défin. du mot vani ) : Cic. Off. 1, 150 ; 1, 151 ; 3, 58 ; Tusc. 3, 2
2 vanité, frivolité, légèreté : populi Liv. 44, 22, 10, légèreté du peuple || inutilité : itineris Liv. 40, 22, 5, voyage stérile
3 vanité, jactance, fanfaronnade : Sall. C. 23, 2 ; J. 38 ; Liv. 45, 31, 7 ; Tac. Agr. 18 ; H. 3, 73.

Latin > German (Georges)

vānitās, ātis, f. (vanus), die Leere, im Gegensatz zur Wirklichkeit, I) im allg.: a) der leere Schein, die Gehaltlosigkeit, Unwahrheit, opinionum, leere, falsche Meinungen, Vorurteile, Cic.: veritas vanitati cedat, Cic. – b) der nichtige Erfolg, der Mißerfolg, das Mißlingen, die Vergeblichkeit, itineris, Liv. 40, 22, 5. – II) insbes., die Lügenhaftigkeit, Windbeutelei, Prahlerei, das eitle Vorgeben, nichtige Treiben, Cic. u.a.: vanitas ementiendae stirpis, Liv.: famam vanitatis metuere, den Ruf eines Schwindlers, Tac.: verb. vanitas atque imperitia legati, Sall.: orationis, Cic.: nihil turpius est vanitate, Cic.: non pudet vanitatis? Wortbrüchigkeit, Ter.: prosperitate rerum in vanitatem uti, Tac. – Plur., magicae vanitates, Plin. 26, 18 u. 27, 57: Manichaeorum vanitates, Augustin. conf. 5, 13 in.: Romanis Gallici tumultus assueti, etiam vanitates notae sunt, Liv. 38, 17, 5.