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inanitas

inanitas · f

emptiness

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĭnānĭtas — Lewis & Short

ĭnānĭtas, ātis, f.inanis.

I Lit., emptiness, empty space (rare but class.): mihi inanitate Jamdudum intestina murmurant, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 5: per inanitatem ferri, Cic. Fat. 9, 18: oris, Quint. 1, 11, 6.—
II Trop., emptiness, uselessness, inanity (rare but class.): amputata circumcisaque inanitate omni, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: verborum et imaginum, Gell. 13, 8, 2.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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