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jējūnĭtas (noun F) : id.
* A fasting, emptiness of stomach.
* Lit.: jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida,Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13.
* Transf., dryness: calida umoris,Vitr. 2, 6, 4; 7, 4, 3.
* Trop.
* 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.
* Ignorance of any thing: bonarum artium,Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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