inaniter

ĭnānĭter, adv., v. inanis fin.

ināniter, Adv. (inanis), a) eitel, grundlos, unbegründet, Catull., Hor. u. Cic. – b) nutzlos, vergeblich, exercere artes, Ov. met. 2, 618. – c) eitel, eingebildet, s elbstgefällig, großmäulig, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13. Amm. 16, 4, 2: inaniter arrogans, ein schreckliches Großmaul, Gell. 9, 11, 6.

inaniter [CL] 1 groundlessly, without good reason. b pointlessly, to no purpose. c (w. gloriari or sim.) vainly. superstitiosos dat intelligi qui ~iter semper verentur Alb. Lond. DG 6. 5; c1213 paternam de die in diem consolationem ~iter expectavimus Gir. Ep. 7 p. 254; Bacon Tert. 205 (v. erronee).  b [copia disputandi] nuditate verborum diu ~iter et aures occupavit et tempora Bede HE I 17; quum ‥ cadaver agnovisset, prae nimio dolore ~iter Grecis conviciabatur Alb. Lond. DG 9. 8; qui trocos scutice jocoso verbere / solent inaniter in orbes cogere Walt. Wimb. Palpo 179.  c si ‥ exterior pretioso indumentorum comptus ornatu saeculariter gloriatur, frustra interior de pulchritudine propria ~iter gratatur Aldh. VirgP 55; 680 frustra de fide catholica ~iter gloriatur Id. Ep. 4 p. 486; ‘omnia cornua peccatorum’ quibus ~iter extolluntur ‘confringat’ Bede Hab. 1241; 1167 Deus ‥ ~iter gloriantibus resistit J. Sal. Ep. 203 (215); tanquam jam sedeat in regni solio ~iter gloriatur T. Ely Etheldr. Mir. 52; J. Waleys Commun. III 3. 1 (v. efferre 4b). 2 ineffectually, unprofitably. non ~iter incepta, utiliter inventa, utilius servata est Asser Alf. 99; cum ‥ multas ‥ promissiones ‥ multis ~iter emisisset Gir. EH I 2; [canes] ~iter pascendo omnem substantiam perdidit Alb. Lond. DG 7. 3; s1066 legati ~iter revertentes M. Par. Maj. I 538. 3 deceptively, falsely, in an illusory manner. de ‥ beluis ‥ †quae [l. quas] ‥ fuisse quondam poetae ‥ in suis litteraturis ~iter depingunt Lib. Monstr. II pref; 800 Alcuin Ep. 202 (v. desudare 3); Bradw. CD 613 (v. delusorie).

ĭnānĭter (15) (inanis), sans fondement, sans raison : Cic. Tusc. 4, 13 || inutilement : Ov. M. 2, 618.

inaniter . adv.
徒然。妄。虛。枉然。

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ināniter adv.

• inanis, vainly, idly, uselessly: exsultare: pectus angere, H.