vánitas
vánitas, vanitátis f.
noun, 3rd declension
vá-ni-tas · /ˈva.ni.tas/
emptiness, vanity, worthlessness
From vanus, empty. Not vanity as conceit but what is hollow: the thing without substance the eyes are asked not to look at.
in English vanity, vain
in the texts
Psalmus 118, HE vanitátem
external dictionary: Logeion