Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From vacō (to be empty) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Descendants

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  • Asturian: vacíu
  • Catalan: baciu
  • Galician: vacío
  • Portuguese: vazio
  • Spanish: vacío

References

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  • 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.