pēnūrĭa | paenūrĭa (noun F) : or , , Gr. πένομαι, to toil; πένης, poor; cf. σπάνις, πεῖνα
* Want, need, scarcity of any thing (class.; syn.: inopia, egestas).
* 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.
* Trop.: consilii,Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17: vivae vocis,Gell. 14, 2, 1.

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