jējūnĭtas

I. a fasting, emptiness of stomach.

I. Lit.: jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13. —

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.