vapidus
From LSJ
Γυναικὶ κόσμος ὁ τρόπος, οὐ τὰ χρυσία → Non ornat aurum feminam at mores probi → Die Art schmückt eine Frau, nicht güldenes Geschmeid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văpĭdus: a, um, adj. vapor,
I that has emitted steam or vapor, i. e. that has lost its life and spirit, spoiled, flat, vapid.
I Lit.: vinum, Col. 12, 5, 1.—
II Transf., spoiled, bad.
A Lit.: pix, Pers. 5, 148.—
B Trop.: astutam vapido servas sub pectore vulpem, Pers. 5, 117.—Adv.: văpĭdē, poorly, badly, ill: se habere, for male se habere, a favorite expression of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 87.
