Перевод: с латинского на английский

с английского на латинский

scanty food

  • 1 ariditas

    dryness; drought; scanty food; anything (pl.) dry/withered/parched

    Latin-English dictionary > ariditas

  • 2 ariditas

    ārĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [aridus], dryness, drought.
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    ariditatem ampliare,

    Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117:

    myrtus siccata usque in ariditatem,

    id. 15, 29, 37, § 123:

    ariditas aquae,

    Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the plur.:

    ariditatibus temperamenta ferre,

    Arn. 2, 69.—
    B.
    In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), any thing dry, withered, or parched:

    cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido,

    Pall. 3, 4:

    ariditatem recidere,

    the dry, dead wood, id. 3, 21, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., a being withered, dryness:

    stipula ariditate plena,

    Vulg. Nah. 1, 10:

    bracchium ejus ariditate siccabitur,

    ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of meagre, scanty food, Salv. 1, 1 sq.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ariditas

  • 3 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aridum

  • 4 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aridus

  • 5 jejunus

    jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in scenam qui jejunus venerit,

    Plaut. Ps. prol. 12:

    sic expletur jejuna cupido,

    hunger, Lucr. 4, 876; so,

    jejuna aviditas,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    misera ac jejuna plebecula,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11:

    cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

    canis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 23:

    jejuna fessaque corpora,

    Liv. 21, 55.—Of inanimate things:

    lupus jejunis dentibus acer,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29:

    Cerberus jejuno sono,

    with hungry howlings, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4:

    tam jejuna fames?

    so extreme, Juv. 5, 10:

    pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna,

    id. 10, 232:

    odium,

    i. e. on an empty stomach, id. 15, 51:

    saliva,

    fasting spittle, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35.—
    2.
    Thirsty:

    vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam,

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Dry, barren, unproductive:

    corpora suco jejuna,

    Lucr. 2, 845:

    ager,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84:

    glarea,

    Verg. G. 2, 212:

    pars jejunior humi,

    Col. 2, 4, 7.—
    2.
    Scanty, insignificant in quantity:

    summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena,

    Verg. G. 3, 493.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Poor, barren, powerless:

    ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

    pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis,

    id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—
    B.
    Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low:

    solivaga cognitio et jejuna,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

    frigida et jejuna calumnia,

    id. Caecin. 21, 61:

    jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17:

    aliquid humile et jejunum,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 7.—
    C.
    Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless:

    si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16:

    Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior,

    id. Brut. 12, 48.—With gen., Cic. Or. 40:

    concertatio verborum,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 68; Quint. 1, 4, 5; 10, 2, 17 al.—
    D.
    Destitute of, without, deprived of:

    divitiarum avidi ac jejuni,

    Just. 38, 6, 8:

    pecunia,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 9.— Adv.: jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit:

    jejune et exiliter disputare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20; Gell. 19, 3:

    agere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.— Comp.:

    dicere jejunius,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17; id. Att. 12, 21, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jejunus

См. также в других словарях:

  • scanty — scantily, adv. scantiness, n. /skan tee/, adj., scantier, scantiest. n., pl. scanties. adj. 1. scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient. 2. meager; not adequate. 3. lacking amplitude in extent or compass. n …   Universalium

  • scanty — scant•y [[t]ˈskæn ti[/t]] adj. scant•i•er, scant•i•est, 1) insufficient in amount, extent, or degree 2) cvb clo scanties, very brief underpants, esp. for women • Etymology: 1650–60; scant (in obs. or dial. n. sense “dearth”) + y I; (def. 4)b.… …   From formal English to slang

  • Confucianism — • An article by Charles F. Aiken. Reviews the key teachings and history of Confucianism, and its relation to Christianity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Confucianism     Confucianism …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Regiomontanus — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = Regiomontanus image width = 150px caption = Regiomontanus birth date = June 6, 1436 birth place = Unfinden death date = July 6, 1476 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = German ethnicity …   Wikipedia

  • Piauí — Infobox Brazilian State name = State of Piauí motto = anthem = capital = Teresina latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW= largest city = Teresina demonym = Piauiense leader name1 = Wellington Dias leader name2 = Wilson Martins area =… …   Wikipedia

  • Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar — Ephraim Lópes Pereira d Aguilar (born 1739 in Vienna died 1802 in London) was the second Baron d Aguilar, a Barony of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1757, d Aguilar was naturalized in England, where he had settled with his father, Baron Diego Pereira… …   Wikipedia

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

  • Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

  • India — • The peninsula is separated on the north from Tibet and Central Asia by the Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Karakoram mountains, and some lower ranges divide it from Afghanistan and Baluchistan Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. India      …   Catholic encyclopedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»