Vacuna

Văcūna, ae, f. [vacuus, II. A.],

• the goddess of rural leisure, esp. honored by the Sabines, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49 Acr.; Ov. F. 6, 307; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 109; Aus. Ep. 4, 98.— Hence, Văcūnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Vacuna: foci, Ov. F. 6, 308.

Vacūna, ae, f., die wohltätige Göttin der Flur, die im Frühling aus dem Feuchten schafft u. das Gefilde mit Korn segnet, mit einem heiligen Haine im Reatinischen, Stammgöttin der alten Sabiner, Varro bei Acro Hor. ep. 1, 10, 49. Ov. fast. 6, 307. Hor. ep. 1, 10, 49 (u. dazu die Schol.). Plin. 3, 109. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1², 1844. Auson. epist. 4, 101. Anthol. Lat. 1160, 3 M. Vgl. Preller in den Berichten der Sächs. Ges. der Wiss. 1855. S. 195 ff. – Dav. Vacūnālis, e, zur Vakuna gehörig, vakunalisch, foci, Ov. fast. 6, 308.

Văcūna, (15) æ, f., déesse du repos des champs, honorée chez les Sabins : Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49 ; Ov. F. 6, 307 ; Plin. 3, 109 || -ālis, e, de Vacuna : Ov. F. 6, 308.

vacuna, ae. f.
閒時之女神。

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Vacu'na

a Sabine divinity identical with Victoria. She had an ancient sanctuary near Horace's villa at Tibur, and another at Rome. The Romans however derived the name from Vacuus, and said that she was a divinity to whom the country people offered sacrifices when the labours of the field were over, that is, when they were at leisure, vacui. (Schol. ad Horat. Epist. 1.10. 49; Ov. Fast 6.307; Plin. Nat. 3.17.) From the Scholiast on Horace, we also learn that some identified her with Diana, Ceres, Venus, or Minerva. [L.S]

Vacūna ae, f

• a goddess of rural fertility, the ancestral divinity of the Sabines, H., O.

Vacūna

A Sabine goddess, worshipped especially in a sacred grove near the Lacus Velinus and Reaté (Pliny H. N. iii. 109); and also in a temple near Horace's farm (Epist. i. 10, 49). Vacuna was particularly regarded as the goddess of victory, but was also a great national deity of the Sabines (Ovid, Fasti, vi. 307); she also presided over the works of the garden and field (hence identified both with Venus and with Ceres), and over the woods and hunting (hence identified with Diana). Moreover, as goddess of victory in war she is sometimes confused with Bellona and sometimes with Minerva (Dionys. i. 15; Schol. ad Hor. l. c.).