Logeion | vastus

apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto
here and there swimmers appear in the vast whirlpool vastum maris aequor
the vast surface of the sea

vāstus, a, um: (adj.), empty, void, wild, waste, 9.323; vast, unbounded, 1.118; huge, enormous, immense, 3.647; deep-, vast-, sounding, 1.245.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

I Lit. (so rare but class.; syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro, id. Sest. 24, 53: agrum vastum ac desertum habere, Liv. 28, 11, 10: vasta ac deserta urbs, id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3: urbs a defensoribus vasta, without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—
- B Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh: vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: vastus homo atque foedus, id. ib. 1, 25, 117: vasti quidam et insubidi, Gell. 19, 9, 9: fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, Liv. 24, 48, 7: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—
II Transf.
- A Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.): dies per silentium vastus, Tac. A. 3, 4.—
- B Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf. vastatus): fit vasta Troja, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130 (1054): jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo, Verg. A. 9, 323: nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis, Liv. 10, 12, 8.—
- C With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).
- - 1 Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): immani et vastae insidens beluae, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67: vasta et immanis belua, id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.: vastissimae beluae, id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior; ad figuram quae vastior? id. N. D. 1, 35, 97: summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi, Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.: in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano, id. ib. 3, 9, 7: fossa vastissima, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: solitudines, id. ib. 2, 6, 19: campi, Verg. A. 3, 13: Charybdis, Lucr. 1, 722: antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, Ov. M. 12, 236: antrum, Verg. A. 1, 52: hiatus speluncae, id. ib. 6, 237: suspectus turris, id. ib. 9, 530: manus, Ov. F. 2, 322: arma, Verg. A. 10, 768: corpus, Col. 7, 12, 3.—
  - 2 Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.: iter, i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438: certamen, Verg. A. 12, 553: impetus, Hor. C. 4, 14, 30: pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima, Gell. 5, 17, 5: tempestas, Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.: vapores vastissimi, id. 2, 20, 1: clamor, Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494: murmur, Verg. A. 1, 245: latratus, Col. 7, 12, 3: tonitru, Val. Fl. 1, 617: pondus, Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—
  - 3 Trop.: vastus animus, i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns: quam vasta potentia nostra est, Ov. M. 2, 520: varia vastaque scientia, Col. 1, pr. 28: nefas, Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.—Adv.: vastē.
  - 1 (Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly: loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45: ne vastius diducantur verba, id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—
  - 2 (Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously: vaste cedentia litora, Mel. 1, 1, 4: vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae, Ov. M. 11, 530: vastius podagra correpti, Scrib. Comp. 107.

vāstus, a, um (vgl. ahd. wuosti, öde, wüst, leer), wüst, öde, verödet, leer, I) eig.: A) im allg.: a) absol.: loci coaedificati an vasti, Cic.: vasta ac deserta urbs, Liv.: ager vastus et desertus, Liv.: genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. – dies per silentium vastus (Ggstz. ploratibus inquies), Tac. – b) m. ab u. Abl.: mons vastus ab natura et humano cultu, Sall.: urbs a defensoribus vasta, Liv.: abs te viduae et vastae virgines, vereinsamt, Enn. – B) insbes., durch Verwüstung verödet, verheert, verwüstet, Troia, Plaut.: solum, Liv.: poet., haec ego vasta dabo, werde ich verheeren, Verg. Aen. 9, 323. – II) meton.: 1) ungeheuer groß, -weit, ungeheuer, unermeßlich, entsetzlich, belua immanis et vasta, Cic.: mare, Caes.: crater, Ov.: clamor, Verg.: iter, Ov. – elephanto ad figuram quae (belua) vastior? Cic.: belua vastissima, Cic.: vastissimus Oceanus, Caes. – v. Abstr., animus, unersättlicher Sinn, Sall.: scientia, weitumfassend, Colum.: potentia, vielumfassend, Ov. – 2) ungebildet, plump, roh, vastus homo atque foedus, Cic.: sunt quidam vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes, Cic.: littera vastior, harter, rauher Buchstabe, Cic.: oratio, Cornif. rhet.: omnia vasta esse, Liv.

vastus [CL] 1 deserted, uninhabited, uncultivated, waste, desolate (also w. ref. to sparsity of features, great extent, or sim., also transf. or fig.). b (as sb. f. or n.) waste land, uninhabited or uncultivated land, (also) wilderness. per deserta ~issima fugiunt Lib. Monstr. I 48; quattuor hinc decies per vasta silentia mundi / erravit sitiens plebs malefida Deo Alcuin Carm. 69. 85; sedatis fluctibus marine tempestatis, ad id deveni exilii cum mira tranquillitate tam ~i equoris Abbo QG 1 (3); in burgo erat quedam ~a domus, hanc accepit Rannulfus filius Walteri de dono regis (Norf) DB II 117b; non potest pati majorem impletionem, si terra que wasta est non esset restaurata Chr. Peterb. app. 164; Alduuinus ‥ in ~issimo illo saltu quod Malvernum vocatur heremiticam vitam ‥ exercebat W. Malm. GP IV 145; cum ‥ intrepidis gressibus ~issima loca solitudinis peragrarent Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 56; numquid in hoc loco horroris et ~e solitudinis vera delectatio? Ailr. Spec. Car. I 5. 509C; c1180 in terra gasta Act. Hen. II II 181; 1229 accedat ad terram illam ‥ quam J. rex cum ultimo fuisset in Hibernia dedit Roberto de Mandevill' ~am, incultam et inhabitatam Cl 158; 1266 debet fieri diligens inquisicio utrum predicte terre jacuerunt ~e per defectum vicecomitis ExchScot 31; 1402 habet licenciam edificandi ‥ porcheam super quamdam placeam terre ~e Doc. Bev. 42. b 1129 totum ~um quod est infra has quatuor aquas, videlicet Neth, Thavy, Cloeda, Poncanum Cart. Glam. I 75; a1195 totam illam terram meam ‥ sicut meum guastum Feod. Durh. 106n; c1226 totum ~um nostrum de Lambremor Melrose 227; 1293 concessit ‥ ut fugam [averiorum] habere posset per unam ~am clausi sui usque in pasturam CourtR Hales I 239; 1300 rex ‥ afforestavit omnes villas de hameletta subscripta cum boscis, ~is, et planis earumdem villarum et hamelettorum SelPlForest 120; 1342 mariscus est ~um Cart. Rams. I 183; Paulus primus eremita, seviente persecutione in Christianos, ~am petiit et ibi per xl annos moratus est Eul. Hist. I 188; dux Henricus ‥ venationis causa in hoc ~o aderat Ib. I 380. 2 vast, awe-inspiring in size, extent, force, scale, etc.. Colossus, qui mole ~issima monstrorum ad instar maritimorum cunctos homines excrevit Lib. Monstr. I 3; vastus tunc vulgi clamor ferit aethera nimbi Aldh. VirgV 582; dum facinus vastum loculi gestator avarus / in dominum lucis strofa patraverat atra Ib. 2587; transiens ~as intercapedines terrarum W. Malm. GR II 166; ~o ore inhiantes Id. GP V 256; bello peracto et hoste devicto ~um nobis patebit imperium Ord. Vit. IX 14 p. 589; ~um pectus, turgidus venter J. Sal. Pol. 388A; memorie ~issimis gaudebat apothecis, ubi que didicisset nulla oblivione perdenda reconderet Ad. Eyns. Hug. I 2; nec facile invenitur alter eo ~ior aut populosior episcopatus Ib. III 1. 3 (as sb. n.) expenditure, (esp. as excessive) waste, squandering. 1156 in wasto xx li. Pipe 5; 1159 in wasto domorum regis in Gernem' xx s. Ib. 8; 1224 noveritis quod ad nihilum reputo quicquid ibi egerunt [homines regis Francie], preter quod maximum ~um denariorum ibi fecerunt RL I 237; ne pistores seu alii servientes ‥ in combustibili ~um faciant Obs. Barnwell 184; domum hospitum cellerarius visitabit, ne sit ibi ~us [? l. ~um] vel defectus Ib.; 1430 volo quod expense mee funerales fiant cum omni mensura racionabili, absque ~o et pompa Test. Ebor. III 90; 1474 sol. pro ~o iij lib. cere in torticibus ecclesia Sancti Andree Cant. illuminatis et accensis in adventu domini regis in nocte Ac. Chamb. Cant. 143; 1506 et petit alloc. de ~is hujus compoti, viz. de Slawghtermanhows, quia pertinet ad officium suum Ac. Durh. 104; 1524 et sic rec. exced. expens. cxij li. iij s. vij d. ob. de quibus se exonerat de arrer. hujus compoti vij li. j d. et de iiij li. xviij s. de ~is hujus compoti. et de vj li. xij s. de decasibus hujus compoti Ib. 666. 4 (as sb., leg.) damage or destruction (of crops, property, or sim.), ‘waste’ (esp. as forest offence),; b (as subject of leg. process); c (as right of king or lord in respect of the tenements and lands of convicted felon). c1146 retineo in boscis illis aisiamenta maneriorum juxtapositorum, sine wasto et sine venditione Ch. Chester 82; 1198 Lokering' Templariorum debet x s. de veteri ~o et novo ‥ Radulfus de Belchamp reddit compotum de iiij li. de duobus ~is sicut supra annotatur Pipe 73; 1199 quod sint quieti de guastis et reguardis foreste ‥ per totam forestam nostram in Normannia RChart 3b; 1212 terra comitis predicti amerciata fuit pro wastu foreste Cl I 119b; 1214 terra illa et boscum quieta sint ‥ de regardo et gasto Pat 124a; 1221 ita ‥ quod ~um, exilium, vel destructionem ‥ non facient de terris, hominibus, vel boscis ejusdem manerii Ib. 291; 1228 non vexet vel vexari permittat abbatem Sancti Edmundi de regardo, ~o, visu forestariorum et regardatorum de boscis suis de Herlaue, Stepelford', et Werkeneton' Cl 41; ? 1280 de novis ~is boscorum SelPlForest lxxxiii; ? 1280 de Willelmo de Bello Campo comite War' pro veteri ~o bosci sui de Abbelynch' ‥ de sacrista de Evesham pro veteri ~o bosci de Attelench Ib. lxxxiv; 1291 queritur quod ‥ in manerio predicto ~um faciunt et destructionem, videlicet de boscis, parcis, et feris in eisdem RParl I 67b; 1455 allocate eidem pro ~a terrarum de Colbrandispeth ExchScot 60. b ~um ‥ et destruccio fere equipollent et convertibiliter se habent in domibus, boscis, et gardinis, set exilium dici poterit cum servi manumittantur et a tenementis suis injuriose eiciantur Fleta 9; 1309 acciones per breve de ~o Reg. Cant. 1018; 1409 nec aliquis eorum molestetur vel gravetur per actionem ~i pro aliquo ~o in predicto manerio FormA 204. c 1241 abbas de S. Eadmundo clamat ‥ murdrum, catalla fugitivorum, annum, diem et ~um infra octo hundreda et dim. KR Mem 20 r. 7; 1291 idem habuit terram unde annus et vast' domini reg' x s. RParl I 67b; 1387 abbas Sancti Albani ‥ clamat ‥ habere ‥ annuum ~um felonum G. S. Alb. III 75. 5 damage, destruction, or natural wastage (of goods or sim.). 15‥ in dolio vini sunt ccl lagene, unde debet allocari pro tasto, ~o, lactagio, et fecibus, xxx lagene (De ponderibus ‥ Anglie) Camd. Misc. XV 5 p. 8.

vāstus, (8) a, um, ¶ 1 vide, désert : vasto et relicto foro Cic. Sest. 53, dans le forum désert et abandonné, cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 69 ; Part. 36 ; Liv. 24, 3, 11 ; 28, 11, 10 || urbs a defensoribus vasta Liv. 23, 30, 7, ville abandonnée de ses défenseurs ; vasta incendiis urbs Liv. 5, 53, 1, ville que lʼincendie a rendue déserte ¶ 2 désolé, dévasté, ravagé : Pl. Bacch. 1053 ; Virg. En. 9, 323 ; Liv. 10, 12, 8 ¶ 3 prodigieusement grand, monstrueux, démesuré : belua vasta Cic. Rep. 2, 67 ; vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 49, bête énorme, monstrueuse, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 49 ; Nat. 1, 97 ; vastum mare Cæs. G. 3, 12, 5, mer immense ; vastissimus Oceanus Cæs. G. 3, 9, 7, lʼOcéan si prodigieusement vaste ; fossa vastissima Cic. Rep. 2, 11, un immense fossé ; vasta arma Virg. En. 10, 768, armure colossale || [fig.] vastus animus Sall. C. 5, 4, esprit démesuré, insatiable ; vasta potentia Ov. M. 2, 520, puissance étendue, vaste || vastus clamor Virg. En. 10, 716, cris qui retentissent au loin, cf. Virg. En. 1, 245 ; Col. Rust. 7, 12, 3 ; vastum pondus Virg. En. 5, 447, énorme poids ¶ 4 sauvage, grossier, inculte, brut : vastus homo atque fœdus Cic. de Or. 1, 117, homme dʼaspect grossier et repoussant, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 115 ; littera vastior Cic. Or. 153, lettre de prononciation désagréable ; omnia vasta ac temeraria esse Liv. 24, 48, 7, tout était mal ordonné et livré au hasard.

vāstus, a, um

1. leeg, verlaten, verwilderd, woest [ager; urbs incendio ruinisque]; verlaten door, ontdaan van (m. ab) [mons ab humano cultu; urbs a defensoribus];
2. verwoest, met de grond gelijkgemaakt [Troia]; ➤ alqd -um dare te gronde richten;
3. onmetelijk (groot), reusachtig, enorm, geweldig [belua; campi; aether; columnae; antrum; potentia; animus onverzadigbare eerzucht; ira; clamor];
4. (metaf.) onbehouwen, grof, onbeschaafd, boers [oratio; littera hard (klinkend)].

vastus , a, um. adj. c. s.
廣大。太大。粗鹵。拙人。無趣。剿滅。無人者。— animus 無足之心。無饜。Vasta littera 顯音之字。Vasta oratio 不順口之文。Vasta trabes 寬大之舟。

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VAC-, empty, unoccupied, waste, desert, devastated: genus agrorum: lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro: vasta incendiis urbs, L.: mons ab naturā, S.: urbs a defensoribus, without, L.: Haec ego vasta dabo, will lay waste, V.—Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous: belua: vastissimae beluae: ad figuram quae (belua) vastior?: mare, Cs.: mare vastissimum: crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides, O.: vastus animus nimis alta cupiebat, i. e. insatiable ambition, S.: iter, i. e. on the vast ocean, O.: certamen, V.: impetus, H.— Fig., uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh: voltu motuque corporis: omnia vasta ac temeraria esse, L.: littera vastior, too harsh-sounding.

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