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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- ārĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [aridus], dryness, drought. I. A.. Lit.:
ariditatem ampliare
, Plin. 11, 35, 41, 117: myrtus siccata usque in ariditatem
, id. 15, 29, 37, 123: ariditas aquae
, Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the plur.: ariditatibus temperamenta ferre
, Arn. 2, 69.—B. In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), any thing dry, withered, or parched: cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido
, Pall. 3, 4: ariditatem recidere
, the dry
, dead wood
, id. 3, 21, 2.—II. Trop., a being withered, dryness: stipula ariditate plena
, Vulg. Nah. 1, 10: bracchium ejus ariditate siccabitur
, ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of meagre, scanty food, Salv. 1, 1 sq.
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