LAT
jejunium
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Lewis Short
jējūnĭum (noun N) : id.
* A fast-day, fast.
* Lit.: jejunium Cereri instituere,Liv. 36, 37: illos longa domant inopi jejunia victu,Ov. M. 1, 312: solvere,id. ib. 5, 534: ponere,id. F. 4, 535: jejunia indicere,Hor. S. 2, 3, 291: servare,Suet. Aug. 76: jejunio aegrum vexare,Cels. 3, 18.
* Transf.
* Hunger: in vacuis spargit jejunia venis,Ov. M. 8, 820: jejunia pascere,id. ib. 4, 263: sedare,id. ib. 15, 83: placare voracis jejunia ventris,id. ib. 95.—Poet.: jejunia undae,thirst,Luc. 4, 332.
* Leanness, poorness: invalidique patrum referant jejunia nati,Verg. G. 3, 128.
* Barrenness, unproductiveness: macram ac tenuem terram jejunio laborare,Col. 3, 12, 3.
* A fast-day, fast.
* Lit.: jejunium Cereri instituere,Liv. 36, 37: illos longa domant inopi jejunia victu,Ov. M. 1, 312: solvere,id. ib. 5, 534: ponere,id. F. 4, 535: jejunia indicere,Hor. S. 2, 3, 291: servare,Suet. Aug. 76: jejunio aegrum vexare,Cels. 3, 18.
* Transf.
* Hunger: in vacuis spargit jejunia venis,Ov. M. 8, 820: jejunia pascere,id. ib. 4, 263: sedare,id. ib. 15, 83: placare voracis jejunia ventris,id. ib. 95.—Poet.: jejunia undae,thirst,Luc. 4, 332.
* Leanness, poorness: invalidique patrum referant jejunia nati,Verg. G. 3, 128.
* Barrenness, unproductiveness: macram ac tenuem terram jejunio laborare,Col. 3, 12, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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