The corpus record — Latin

vacuefacio

vacuefacio · v. a

to make empty; to empty

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Where it lives

In L. Catilinam 2 · 1.59/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 3 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

văcŭē -făcĭo — Lewis & Short

văcŭē -făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.vacuus,

I to make empty; to empty, clear, free.

I Lit. (rare but class.): quid quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16: domum novis nuptiis, id. ib. 1, 6, 14: Scyrum vacuefecit, Nep. Cim. 2, 5; id. Timol. 3, 2: fasces securibus, Val. Max. 4, 1, 1: turpi sentinā exercitus vacuefactus, id. 2, 7, 1: venas inedia, Macr. S. 7, 12: locum alicui in cenā, to clear a place, make room, id. ib. 1, 2.—

II Trop.: circumcisiones, i. e. to abolish, Lact. 4, 17, 1.

In the wild

uacuefecit Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5.4.1
vacuefacta Cicero, In L. Catilinam 1.16
uacuefaciendo Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.1.1
vacuefecisses Cicero, In L. Catilinam 1.14
uacuefactus Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.7.1

Where it came from

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

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