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  • 1 exilis

    exīlis, e, adj. [ex and ile, ilia; hence, without entrails, i. e. thin, lank, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1003], small, thin, slender, lank, meagre, poor, feeble (class.;

    syn.: tenuis, gracilis, macer): exile et exiguum et vietum cor,

    Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

    jecur horridum et exile,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 30:

    femur (opp. tumentes surae),

    Hor. Epod. 8, 10:

    artus,

    Ov. Pont. 1, 10, 27:

    folia,

    Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29:

    quod solum tam exile et macrum est, quod, etc.,

    thin, poor, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

    Arisbe glebis,

    Luc. 3, 204:

    exilis domus est, ubi non et multa supersunt, etc.,

    poor, wretched, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

    domus Plutonia,

    i. e. cheerless, id. C. 1, 4, 17 (cf.:

    domus plena,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 24):

    hereditas (with parva),

    Plin. Pan. 40, 1:

    via,

    short, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 86.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., meagre, dry, inadequate, etc.:

    genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

    meagre, dry, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159;

    so of speech,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; id. de Or. 2, 77, 315; 1, 18, 83; Quint. 8, 3, 56 (opp. tumida); cf. of speech:

    pro pressis exiles,

    id. 10, 2, 16:

    vox (opp. plena),

    id. 11, 3, 15; ib. 13:

    argumentis admodum exilibus niti,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Void, free. —With gen.:

    exilis atque inanis aegritudinum,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 21.— Comp.:

    caro prunorum,

    Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43:

    vox feminis quam maribus (opp. gravior),

    id. 11, 51, 112, § 269: vox in senecta, ib. § 270.— Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: exīlĭter, thinly, meagrely, feebly, dryly:

    nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire,

    feebly, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

    annales sane exiliter scripti,

    id. Brut. 27, 106:

    disputare (with jejune),

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 50.— Comp.:

    exilius dicere de aliqua re,

    more sparingly, briefly, Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.— Sup. seems not to occur.

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  • 2 exīlis

        exīlis e, adj.    [for *exigilis; 2 AG-], strict, narrow, thin, slender, lank, small, meagre, poor: cor: femur, H.: legiones, incomplete: digiti, O.— Fig., thin, poor: solum.— Cheerless, comfortless: domus, H.— Worthless, insincere: plausūs.— Meagre, dry, inadequate: genus sermonis: (dicta) de virtutis vi.
    * * *
    exile, exilior -or -us, exilissimus -a -um ADJ
    small, thin; poor

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  • 3 (strigōsus)

        (strigōsus) adj.    [STRAG-], lean, lank, thin, meagre.—Only comp: strigosiores equi, i. e. worn out, L.—Fig., of an orator: strigosior, too meagre.

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  • 4 aridum

    ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ligna,

    Lucr. 2, 881:

    lignum,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

    cibus,

    Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

    ficis victitamus aridis,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

    folia,

    Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

    ficus,

    Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

    Libye,

    Ov. M. 2, 238:

    quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

    terra arida et sicca,

    Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

    terra arida,

    Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

    arida terra,

    ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

    arida (eccl. Lat.),

    ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

    ex arido tela conicere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    naves in aridum subducere,

    id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

    sitis,

    Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

    os,

    Verg. G. 3, 458:

    ora,

    id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

    febris,

    i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

    morbus,

    Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

    arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

    like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

    sonus,

    Lucr. 6, 119:

    aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

    a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

    crura,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

    nates,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

    uvis aridior puella passis,

    Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

    manus,

    Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

    aridi,

    ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

    in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

    poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

    vita horrida atque arida,

    id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

    cliens,

    Mart. 10, 87, 5.—
    B.
    Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

    genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

    narratio,

    Quint. 2, 4, 3:

    aridissimi libri,

    Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

    orator,

    Quint. 12, 10, 13:

    rhetores,

    Sen. Contr. 34:

    magister,

    Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

    Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

    sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—
    C.
    In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

    pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

    pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—
    * D.
    In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.

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  • 5 aridus

    ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, adj. [areo], dry, withered, arid, parched.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ligna,

    Lucr. 2, 881:

    lignum,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3:

    cibus,

    Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864:

    ficis victitamus aridis,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

    folia,

    Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46:

    ficus,

    Vulg. Marc. 11, 20:

    Libye,

    Ov. M. 2, 238:

    quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 16:

    terra arida et sicca,

    Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so,

    terra arida,

    Vulg. Sap. 19, 7:

    arida terra,

    ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.:

    arida (eccl. Lat.),

    ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, [p. 161] i, n., a dry place, dry land:

    ex arido tela conicere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    naves in aridum subducere,

    id. ib. 4, 29.— Meton., of thirst:

    sitis,

    Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so,

    os,

    Verg. G. 3, 458:

    ora,

    id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever:

    febris,

    i. e. causing thirst, Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so,

    morbus,

    Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color:

    arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,

    like that of dried leaves, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken:

    sonus,

    Lucr. 6, 119:

    aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,

    a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest, Verg. G. 1, 357.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean:

    crura,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 272:

    nates,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

    uvis aridior puella passis,

    Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered:

    manus,

    Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons:

    aridi,

    ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty:

    in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,

    poor, scanty diet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

    vita horrida atque arida,

    id. Quinct. 30.— Transf. to men, indigent, poor:

    cliens,

    Mart. 10, 87, 5.—
    B.
    Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless:

    genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11:

    narratio,

    Quint. 2, 4, 3:

    aridissimi libri,

    Tac. Or. 19.— Meton., of the orator himself:

    orator,

    Quint. 12, 10, 13:

    rhetores,

    Sen. Contr. 34:

    magister,

    Quint. 2, 4, 8.—

    Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,

    sapless and dry, Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.—
    C.
    In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides):

    pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18:

    pater avidus, miser atque aridus,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.—
    * D.
    In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.— Adv. not used.

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  • 6 gracilis

    grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:

    gracilae virgines,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22), adj. [Sanscr. karc, to be lean; old Lat. cracentes, slender (Enn. Ann. 497 Vahl.); cf. Gr. kolokanos], thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean ( poet. and in Aug. prose; not in Cic.; but cf. gracilitas; syn.: exilis, tenuis, macer).
    I.
    Physically:

    in gracili macies crimen habere potest,

    Ov. R. Am. 328:

    gracili sic tamque pusillo,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

    quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, etc.,

    id. C. 1, 5, 1:

    puer,

    Mart. 11, 43, 4:

    Indi,

    Juv. 6, 466:

    capella,

    Ov. M. 1, 299:

    equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

    Liv. 35, 11, 7:

    arbores succinctioresque,

    Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

    resina (opp. pinguis),

    id. 24, 6, 22, § 33:

    gracilis et ejuncida vitis,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

    folium,

    id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

    comae et lanuginis instar,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23:

    stamen,

    id. M. 6, 54:

    catena,

    id. ib. 4, 176; cf.:

    vinculum auri,

    Petr. 126:

    cacumen,

    Ov. M. 10, 140:

    coronae,

    Juv. 12, 87:

    viae petauri,

    Mart. 2, 86, 7; cf.

    rima,

    App. M. 4, p. 149:

    libellus,

    Mart. 8, 24, 1:

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 86:

    spuma,

    Vulg. Sap. 5, 15.— Comp.:

    glans brevior et gracilior,

    Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.— Sup.:

    fuit (Nero) ventre projecto, gracillimis cruribus,

    Suet. Ner. 51.—
    B.
    Transf., opp. to fat or rich, meagre, scanty, poor (post-Aug.):

    ager,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

    clivi,

    Col. 2, 4, 11:

    vindemiae,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; 8, 15, 1:

    gracili Lare vivere,

    App. Mag. p. 287; cf.

    pauperies,

    id. M. 9, p. 219.—
    II.
    Trop., of style, simple, plain, unadorned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): materiae gracili sufficit ingenium. Ov. P. 2, 5, 26; cf.:

    lusimus, Octavi, gracili modulante Thalia,

    Verg. Cul. 1: et in carmine et in soluta oratione genera dicendi probabilia sunt tria, quae Graeci charaktêras vocant nominaque eis fecerunt hadron, ischnon, meson. Nos quoque, quem primum posuimus, uberem vocamus, secundum gracilem, tertium mediocrem. Uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est:

    gracili venustas et subtilitas: medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 1 sq.; cf.:

    inter gracile validumque tertium aliquid constitutum est,

    Quint. 12, 10, 66:

    praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 1.—Of the speaker:

    non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.—Hence, adv.: grăcĭlĭter, slenderly.
    1.
    Lit., App. M. 3, p. 130.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,

    more simply, Quint. 9, 4, 130.

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  • 7 Macer

    1.
    măcer, cra, crum, adj. [Sanscr. root mak, to crush; Gr. massô, knead; mageus, baker; Germ. mager], lean, meagre.
    A.
    Lit., of living beings (most freq. of animals):

    taurus, opp. pinguis,

    Verg. E. 3, 100:

    boves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; Juv. 14, 146:

    turdi,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    mustela,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

    ostreae inuberes et macrae,

    Gell. 20, 8; Quint. 6, 3, 58.—Of parts of the body:

    in macerrimis corporis partibus,

    Sen. Ep. 78, 8.—Humorously of a person:

    valeat res ludicra si me Palma negata macrum donata reducit opimum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

    nec pharetris Veneris macer est,

    Juv. 6, 138.—
    B.
    Of inanimate things, thin, poor, barren: solum exile et macrum, * Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 67:

    ager macrior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 2:

    macerrimi agri,

    Col. 11, 2, 7:

    stirpes,

    id. 3, 10, 3:

    vineae,

    id. 8, 1, 2:

    libellus,

    meagre, thin, Mart. 2, 6, 10:

    ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

    Juv. 7, 29.
    2. 1.
    C. Licinius Macer, an historian, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7; id. Brut. 67, 238; Liv. 4, 7, 12. —
    2.
    Aemilius Macer, a poet and a friend of Virgil and Ovid, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 44; v. Aemilius.

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  • 8 macer

    1.
    măcer, cra, crum, adj. [Sanscr. root mak, to crush; Gr. massô, knead; mageus, baker; Germ. mager], lean, meagre.
    A.
    Lit., of living beings (most freq. of animals):

    taurus, opp. pinguis,

    Verg. E. 3, 100:

    boves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; Juv. 14, 146:

    turdi,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    mustela,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

    ostreae inuberes et macrae,

    Gell. 20, 8; Quint. 6, 3, 58.—Of parts of the body:

    in macerrimis corporis partibus,

    Sen. Ep. 78, 8.—Humorously of a person:

    valeat res ludicra si me Palma negata macrum donata reducit opimum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

    nec pharetris Veneris macer est,

    Juv. 6, 138.—
    B.
    Of inanimate things, thin, poor, barren: solum exile et macrum, * Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 67:

    ager macrior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 2:

    macerrimi agri,

    Col. 11, 2, 7:

    stirpes,

    id. 3, 10, 3:

    vineae,

    id. 8, 1, 2:

    libellus,

    meagre, thin, Mart. 2, 6, 10:

    ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

    Juv. 7, 29.
    2. 1.
    C. Licinius Macer, an historian, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7; id. Brut. 67, 238; Liv. 4, 7, 12. —
    2.
    Aemilius Macer, a poet and a friend of Virgil and Ovid, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 44; v. Aemilius.

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  • 9 strigosus

    strĭgōsus, a, um, adj. [stringo], lean, lank, thin, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11, and ap. Non. 168, 26:

    canis (opp. obesus),

    Col. 7, 12, 8: hic strigosus bovinatorque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 11, 7, 10.— Comp.:

    equi,

    Liv. 27, 47: hinno strigosior, Maecen. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor. — Sup.:

    (capella) strigosissimi corporis,

    Col. 7, 6, 9.—
    * II.
    Trop., of an orator, meagre, dry, tasteless, Cic. Brut. 16, 64.

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  • 10 āridus

        āridus adj. with sup.    [3 AR-], dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V. — As subst n., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S. — Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V. — Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H. — Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita. — Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.
    * * *
    arida -um, aridior -or -us, aridissimus -a -um ADJ
    dry, arid, parched; water/rain-less; used dry, dried; thirsty; poor; shriveled

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  • 11 gracilis

        gracilis e （ plur f. gracilae, T.), adj.,    thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean: virgo, T.: puer, H.: Indi, Iu.: capella, O.: equi hominesque, L.: cacumen, O.—Fig.: materia, a slight theme, O.
    * * *
    gracile, gracilior -or -us, gracillimus -a -um ADJ
    slender, thin, slim, slight; fine, narrow; modest, unambitious, simple, plain

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  • 12 iēiūnus

        iēiūnus adj.    with comp, fasting, abstinent, hungry: plebecula: canis, H.: serpens, Pr.: cor pora, L.: lupus ieiunis dentibus acer, H.: fames, extreme, Iu.: odium, i. e. on an empty stomach, Iu.: ieiunae negare aquam, thirsty, Pr.—Dry, barren, unproductive: ager: glarea, V.—Scanty, insignificant: Summaque ieiunā sanie infuscatur harenā, V.—Fig., poor, barren, powerless: nimis animus: animus malevolentiā.—Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low: cognitio: calumnia.—Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless: in orationibus ieiunior: concertatio verborum.

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  • 13 inops

        inops opis, adj.    [2 in+ops], without resources, helpless, weak: inopes relicti a duce: nihil iuris humani relinquitur inopi, L.: solare inopem, V.: ab amicis: laudis conscendere carmen, unskilled, Pr.—Without possessions, poor, destitute, needy, indigent: coloni, H.: aerarium, empty: cupido, unsated, H.: domus cuiusvis inopis, N.: turba, V.: humanitatis, without: amicorum, destitute of: mentis, O.: consili, L.: paterni laris, stripped, H.— Fig., mean, wretched, contemptible, pitiful: inopis animi esse, H.: nostras inopes noluit esse vias, O.—Of speech, poor, meagre: non erat abundans, non inops: lingua: versūs rerum, H.: verbis.
    * * *
    (gen.), inopis ADJ
    weak, poor, needy, helpless; lacking, destitute (of), meager

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  • 14 macer

        macer cra, crum, adj.    [2 MAC-], lean, meagre, thin, emaciated: taurus, V.: turdos, H.: mustela, H.: me macrum reducit, makes me pine away, H. — Thin, poor, barren: solum: imago, Iu.
    * * *
    macra -um, macrior -or -us, macerrimus -a -um ADJ
    thin (men, animals, plants), scraggy, lean, small, meager; thin (soil), poor

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  • 15 pauper

        pauper peris, adj. with comp. and sup.    [PAV-], poor, not wealthy, of small means: homo: quae in patriā honeste pauper vivit, T.: ex pauperrimo dives factus: horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum, H.: aquae, H.—As subst m., a poor man: Pauperis est numerare pecus, O.: quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque, H.: pauperiorum turbae, H.—Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre: pauperis tuguri culmen, V.: ager, Tb.: et carmen venā pauperiore fluit, O.: pudor, Ph.
    * * *
    I II
    pauperis (gen.), pauperior -or -us, pauperrimus -a -um ADJ
    poor/meager/unproductive; scantily endowed; cheap, of little worth; of poor man

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  • 16 tenuis

        tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus    [2 TA-], drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender: Pinna, H.: acus, fine, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.—Of texture, thin, fine, close: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima, O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis saepsit.—Of substance, thin, rare, fine, slight: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen (militum), L.— Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean: oppidum: aqua, shallow, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e. a little water, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris, low, H.: semita, narrow, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census, H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus, a breeze, V.—Of persons, poor: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.— Plur m. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi auxerant.—Fig., fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.— Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight: tenuissima valetudo, delicate, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi: artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.— Low in rank, mean, inferior, common: tenuiores, the lower orders: tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco orti, L.
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    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 17 depugis

    depugis, depuge ADJ
    having meagre/skinny/thin buttocks

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  • 18 depygis

    depygis, depyge ADJ
    having meagre/skinny/thin buttocks

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  • 19 Argyrosomus heinii

    VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE > Argyrosomus heinii

  • 20 Argyrosomus hololepidotum

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    3. ENG Southern meagre, mulloway, maigre, shad fish, shadowfish
    4. DEU Adlerfisch m, Seeadler m
    5. FRA maigre m commun [africain], aigle m de mer, poisson m royal

    VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE > Argyrosomus hololepidotum

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  • meagre — is spelt this way in BrE, and usually meager in AmE …   Modern English usage

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