vacivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• vocīvus

Etymology

From vacō (“to be empty”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈkiː.u̯us/, [u̯äˈkiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈt͡ʃi.vus/, [väˈt͡ʃiːvus]

Adjective

vacīvus (feminine vacīva, neuter vacīvum, adverb vacīvē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (pre-Classical, governs the genitive) empty, void

   valens afflictet me vocivum virium

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vacīvus	vacīva	vacīvum		vacīvī	vacīvae	vacīva
Genitive	vacīvī	vacīvae	vacīvī		vacīvōrum	vacīvārum	vacīvōrum
Dative	vacīvō		vacīvō		vacīvīs
Accusative	vacīvum	vacīvam	vacīvum		vacīvōs	vacīvās	vacīva
Ablative	vacīvō	vacīvā	vacīvō		vacīvīs
Vocative	vacīve	vacīva	vacīvum		vacīvī	vacīvae	vacīva

Derived terms

• vacīvē

Descendants

• Asturian: vacíu
• Catalan: baciu
• Galician: vacío
• Portuguese: vazio
• Spanish: vacío
  • → Tagalog: basyo

References

• “vacivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vacivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vacivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vacivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.