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vās | vāsa | vāsum (noun N) : vāsis; plur. , (anteclass. collat. form of the
* Nom. sing., Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 544, 26; Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 33 sq.: vasus fictilis,Petr. 57, 8; dat. plur. vasibus, Gargil. Martial. Pomif. Arb. 4, 4; apocopated, vas' argenteis, for vasis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153), n. Sanscr. root, vas-, to put on; vastram, clothing; Gr. ἕννυμι, εἷμα; Lat. vestis.
* In gen., a vessel, dish; also, a utensil, implement of any kind: vasa ahena ex aedibus (rapere),Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 61: aliquod vasum argenteum Aut aliquod vasum ahenum,id. Truc. 1, 1, 33: nihil relinquo in aedibus Nec vas nec vestimentum,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 89: corpus quasi vas est, aut aliquod animi receptaculum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; cf. Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 4: quassatis undique vasis, Diffluere umorem,Lucr. 3, 435: sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54: vinarium,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: argentea,id. ib.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 72: Corinthia et Deliaca,Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: Samia,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 41; Cic. Mur. 36, 75: escaria,Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18.—Of implements for supporting any thing: si vasa sint legata, non solum ea continentur, quae aliquid in se recipiunt edendi bibendique causā paratum, sed etiam quae aliquid sustineant: et ideo scutellas vel promulsidaria contineri,Dig. 34, 2, 20.
* Military equipments, baggage: ille ex Siciliā jam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat,had packed up,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40: vasa colligere,Liv. 21, 47, 2; 27, 47, 8; cf. trop.: vasa in senectute colligere,Sen. Ep. 19, 1: vasa conclamare,to give the signal for packing up,Caes. B. C. 1, 66: 3, 37.
* In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 70; cf. in a double sense,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 41.
* Of beehives, Col. 9, 6, 1.
* Of hunting implements, Grat. Cyn. 219.
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văs (noun M) :
* A bail, security, surety (in gen., while praes is confined to pecuniary matters; cf. also sponsio): vas appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat,Varr. L. L. 6, 74 Müll.: vas factus est alter (Damon) ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset ipsi,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45: vades poscere,id. Rep. 2, 36, 61: se dare vadem pro amico,id. Fin. 2, 24, 79: deserere vades,Liv. 39, 41, 7; Hor. S. 1, 1, 11 Heind.
* Trop.: vestram virtutem rerum quas gesturus sum, vadem praedemque habeo,Curt. 9, 2, 25.
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