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

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