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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- jējūnĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], a fasting, emptiness of stomach. I. Lit.:
jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida
, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13. —B. Transf., dryness: calida umoris
, Vitr. 2, 6, 4; 7, 4, 3.—II. Trop. A. Of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness: inopia et jejunitas
, Cic. Brut. 55: qui jejunitatem et famem se malle quam ubertatem et copiam dicerent
, id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: jejunitas et siccitas et inopia
, id. Brut. 82, 285.—B. Ignorance of any thing: bonarum artium
, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.
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