ieiunitas

jējūnĭtas, ātis, f. [com. intens. form, from ieiunus], a fasting, emptiness of stomach.

• I Lit.: jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13 (574). —
• • B Transf., dryness: calida umoris, Vitr. 2, 6, 4; 7, 4, 3.—
• II Trop.
• • A 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.—
  • B Ignorance of any thing: bonarum artium, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.

iēiūnitās, ātis, f. (ieiunus), die Leere, I) der leere Magen, das Hungern, Plaut. merc. 574: pavonum iei., *Amm. 28, 4, 34: interpositā diei unius ieiunitate, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 1, 11, 82; vgl. 2, 21, 128. – II) übtr.: 1) die Leere an Feuchtigkeit, die Trockenheit, calida umoris iei., Vitr. 2, 6, 4: calcis, Vitr. 7, 3, 7: tegularum, Vitr. 7, 4, 3. – 2) die Trockenheit, Magerkeit, Dürftigkeit, Saft- u. Kraftlosigkeit, Schlichtheit der Rede, des Vortrages, Cic. Brut. 285; or. 20; Tusc. 2, 3: verb. inopia et ieiun., Cic. Brut. 202: m. subj. u. obj. Genet., illorum ieiunitas bonarum artium (in den edlen Wissenschaften), Cic. de or. 2, 10.

jejunitas, atis. f.
齋。軟。少。Humoris jeiunitas 缺池。乏液。Orationis jeiunitas 無力之文。

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iēiūnitās ātis, f

• ieiunus.—Prop., a fasting; hence, fig., of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness: ieiunitatem et famem malle quam, etc.: bonarum artium, destitution.