Penuria, penuriæ, f. ge. Terent.Extreeme neede and necessitie: penurie: lacke of all things necessarie: scarcitie.Cibi penuria. Lucr. Lacke of meate.Edendi penuria.Virg.Copia & penuria, contraria.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pēnūrĭa or paenūrĭa, ae, f. [Gr. pe/nomai, to toil; pe/nhs, poor; cf. spa/nis, pei=na], want, need, scarcity of any thing (class.; syn.: inopia, egestas). I.Lit., esp. of want of the necessaries of life; constr. with or (less freq.) without a gen.: cibi, Lucr. 5, 1007: victūs, Hor. S. 1, 1, 98: edendi, Verg. A. 7, 113: aquarum, Sall. J. 17, 5: rerum necessariarum, id. ib. 23, 2: frumenti, Liv. 4, 25. —Absol.: neque enim est umquam penuria parvi,
he is never in want who requires but little
, Lucr. 5, 1119: penuriam temporum sustinere,
to supply their temporary wants
, Col. 9, 14, 17: in penuriā,
in time of scarcity
, Plin. 18, 13, 34, 130: afflixit te penuriā, Vulg. Deut. 8, 3; 28, 48.—Of want of other things: civium, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88: magna sapientium civium bonorumque penuria, Cic. Brut. 1, 2: cujus generis (amicorum) est magna penuria, id. Lael. 17, 62: liberorum, Sall. J. 22, 2: mulierum, Liv. 1, 9: agri, vectigalium, pecuniae, Cic. Inv. 2, 39, 115: argenti, Liv. 23, 21: arborum, Col. 7, 9, 7.—II.Trop.: consilii, Plin. 8, 6, 6, 17: vivae vocis, Gell. 14, 2, 1.