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Morphology Lemmata jejunus (external link: jejunus )Forms: ieiuna (data provider: perseus), ieiunae (data provider: perseus), ieiunam (data provider: perseus), ieiunas (data provider: perseus), ieiune (data provider: perseus), ieiuni (data provider: perseus), ieiunior (data provider: perseus), ieiuniorem (data provider: perseus), ieiuniorum (data provider: perseus), ieiunis (data provider: perseus), ieiunius (data provider: perseus), ieiuno (data provider: perseus), ieiunorum (data provider: perseus), ieiunos (data provider: perseus), ieiunum (data provider: perseus), ieiunumst (data provider: perseus), ieiunus (data provider: perseus), jejuna (data provider: perseus), jejunae (data provider: perseus), jejunam (data provider: perseus), jejunaque (data provider: perseus), jejunas (data provider: perseus), jejune (data provider: perseus), jejuni (data provider: perseus), jejunior (data provider: perseus), jejuniorem (data provider: perseus), jejunis (data provider: perseus), jejunius (data provider: perseus), jejuno (data provider: perseus), jejunum (data provider: perseus), jejunus (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary jejunus jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food .
I. Lit. : in scenam qui jejunus venerit , Plaut. Ps. prol. 12 : sic expletur jejuna cupido , hunger , Lucr. 4, 876 ; so, jejuna aviditas , Plin. 10, 3, 3, 8 : misera ac jejuna plebecula , Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11 : cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc. , id. Fam. 7, 26, 1 : canis , Hor. Epod. 5, 23 : jejuna fessaque corpora , Liv. 21, 55 .—Of inanimate things: lupus jejunis dentibus acer , Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29 : Cerberus jejuno sono , with hungry howlings , Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4: tam jejuna fames? so extreme , Juv. 5, 10 : pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna , id. 10, 232 : odium , i. e. on an empty stomach , id. 15, 51 : saliva , fasting spittle , Plin. 28, 4, 7, 35 .—
2. Thirsty : vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam , Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—
B. Transf.
1. Dry, barren, unproductive : corpora suco jejuna , Lucr. 2, 845 : ager , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, 84 : glarea , Verg. G. 2, 212 : pars jejunior humi , Col. 2, 4, 7 .—
2. Scanty, insignificant in quantity: summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena , Verg. G. 3, 493 .—
II. Trop.
A. Poor, barren, powerless : ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc. , Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17 : pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis , id. Fam. 2, 17, 7 .—
B. Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low : solivaga cognitio et jejuna , Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 : frigida et jejuna calumnia , id. Caecin. 21, 61 : jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum , id. Fam. 15, 17 : aliquid humile et jejunum , id. ib. 3, 10, 7 .—
C. Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless : si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet , Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16 : Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior , id. Brut. 12, 48 .—With gen. , Cic. Or. 40 : concertatio verborum , id. de Or. 2, 16, 68 ; Quint. 1, 4, 5 ; 10, 2, 17 al. —
D. Destitute of, without, deprived of : divitiarum avidi ac jejuni , Just. 38, 6, 8 : pecunia , Val. Max. 4, 4, 9 .—Adv. : jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit : jejune et exiliter disputare , Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20 ; Gell. 19, 3 : agere , Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112 .—Comp. : dicere jejunius , Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17 ; id. Att. 12, 21, 1 .
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