Lewis & Short

vānĭtĭes, ēï, f. [vanus],

  1. I. emptiness, nullity, folly (late Lat.): plebeia, Amm. 29, 1, 13.
  2. II. Esp., vanity, vainglory: ad extollendam ejus vanitiem sidera quoque, si jussisset, exhiberi posse promittens, Amm. 29, 1, 11.