evanuit
The English word "vanished" is translated into Latin as evanuit.
Meaning: no longer apparent, not extant, gone (adj)
Did you know?
- The root vanus is also the ancestor of the English word 'vain', as in 'in vain', which describes something that has vanished into nothingness.
- A Roman would use absumptus instead of evanuit if an object vanished because it was eaten, burned, or used up.
Examples in context
- Manes evanuerunt in inane.The ghosts vanished into thin air
Example conversation
Lucius and Lucia are looking for a lost ring.
- LuciusUbi est anulus meus?Where is my ring?
- LuciaEvanuit, Luci. Non video eum.It has vanished, Lucius. I do not see it.
- LuciusNon potest simpliciter evanuisse!It cannot have simply vanished!
- LuciaFortasse in terra est.Perhaps it is in the ground.
