inanitas

ĭnānĭtas, ātis, f. [inanis].

• Lit., emptiness, empty space (rare but class.): mihi inanitate Jamdudum intestina murmurant, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 5 (802): 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.

inānitās, ātis, f. (inanis), die Leere, I) eig., der leere Raum, der hohle Raum, die Höhlung, Cic., Sen. und Plin. ep.: oris, Mundhöhle, Quint.: mihi inanitate iam dudum intestina murmurant, Leere des Magens, Plaut. – II) übtr.: 1) die Leere, Hohlheit, Gehaltlosigkeit, das Scheinwesen, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3; de fin. 1, 44: Plur., quaedam inanitates verborum et imaginum, leerer Wortschwall und nichtige Gaukeleien, Gell. 13, 8, 2. – 2) die Eitelkeit, das Nichtige, votorum, Amm. 26, 2, 2. – 3) die Einbildung, Selbstgefälligkeit, inanitas tumens, Amm. 17, 13, 27.

inanitas [CL] 1 emptiness, hollowness. nulla jam constitutorum soliditas nihili ~ate concutitur Anselm (Mon. 19) I 35; declinantes a soliditate essentie ad cineris ~atem J. Ford Serm. 108. 9; o quam infelix est ista felicitas / ‥ / in qua post copiam restat inanitas Walt. Wimb. Carm. 379. 2 worthlessness, futility. vera ‥ omnia sunt et extra omnem ambiguitatem superfluae ~atis ignita Bede Prov. 1024; ~atem expello Alex. Cant. Dicta 3 p. 121; folinicia, vanitas, ~as Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 241; super illarum [increpationum] ~ate increpare debemus J. Ford Serm. 87. 9.

ĭnānĭtās, (15) ātis, f. (inanis), ¶ 1 le vide : Cic. Fato 18 || cavité, creux : Quint. 1, 11, 6 || [fig.] vide = inanition : Pl. Cas. 803 ¶ 2 futilité, vanité : Cic. Fin. 1, 44 ; Tusc. 3, 3.

inanitas , atis. f.
空。空幻之事。Inanitate viscera murmurant 肚空則响。

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inānitās ātis, f

• inanis, emptiness, empty space: per inanitatem ferri.—Fig., worthlessness. inanity: summa.