vacō

vac-ō

From Proto-Italic *wakos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack; empty”). The form in vo- possibly from vocīvus, shifted in pretonicsyllable.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.ko]

Verb

vacō (present infinitive vacāre, perfect active vacāvī or vacuī, supine vacātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to be empty, void
2. to be unoccupied, vacant
3. to be idle, at leisure [with dative]

   Synonyms: langueō, dēsideō, iaceō, cessō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō

   Philosophiae vacat.

   He has leisure for philosophy.

4. to be free to attend, have time, not be under other obligation