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scanty

  • 1 infrequens

    scanty, thin, uncrowded / infrequent / thinly populated.

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  • 2 exiguus

        exiguus adj. with sup.    [2 AG-], strict, exact, scanty, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean, inadequate, inconsiderable, paltry: cor: me Corporis exigui, etc., H.: mus, V.: oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellitis: finis, H.: castra, Cs.: toga, H.: elegi, H.: copiae amicorum: cibus, Iu.: facultates, Cs.: census, H.: pulvis, a little, H.: pars aestatis, Cs.: laus: nec ulli Exiguus populo est (locus), too small for, O.: pars exiguissima, O.— As subst n., a little, trifle: exiguum campi ante castra erat, L.: exiguo adsueta iuventus, V.: temporis, O.: deterere exiguis aliquid, i. e. the remnant, Iu.
    * * *
    exigua, exiguum ADJ
    small; meager; dreary; a little, a bit of; scanty, petty, short, poor

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  • 3 parcus

        parcus adj. with comp. and sup.    [SPAR-], sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical, niggardly, stingy, penurious, parsimonious: colonus parcissimus: parcumque genus patiensque laborum, O.: cui deus obtulit Parcā quod satis est manu, H.: veteris non parcus aceti, H.: donandi, H.: dies, i. e. of poverty, Pr.— Sparing, chary, moderate: in largiendā civitate: Deorum cultor, H.: verba, moderate, O.— Spare, scanty, little, small, slight: parco sale contingere, V.: merito parcior ira meo, O.
    * * *
    parca, parcum ADJ
    sparing, frugal; scanty, slight

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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 artum

    1.
    artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
    I.
    Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

    exierunt regionibus artis,

    Lucr. 6, 120:

    claustra,

    id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

    nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

    Cic. Or. 65, 220:

    artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

    nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    compages,

    Verg. A. 1, 293:

    nexus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    arto stipata theatro,

    pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

    toga,

    a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

    nimis arta convivia,

    i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

    ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

    Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

    multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

    Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

    nec desilies imitator in artum,

    nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
    II.
    Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

    sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

    Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

    vincula amoris artissima,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

    arti commeatus,

    Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

    in arto commeatus,

    id. ib. 3, 13:

    artissimae tenebrae,

    very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

    quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

    spes artior aquae manantis,

    Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

    quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

    i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

    rebus in artis,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

    artas res nuntiaret,

    Tac. H. 3, 69:

    tam artis afflictisque rebus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

    fortuna artior expensis,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

    ne in arto res esset,

    Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
    I.
    Lit.:

    arte (manus) conliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

    boves arte ad stipites religare,

    Col. 6, 2, 5:

    arte continere aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    aciem arte statuere,

    Sall. J. 52, 6:

    arte accubare,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

    calorem artius continere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

    artius astringi,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    signa artius conlocare,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    artius ire,

    Curt. 4, 13, 34:

    artius pressiusque conflictari,

    Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

    milites quam artissime ire jubet,

    Sall. J. 68, 4:

    artissime plantas serere,

    Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    arte contenteque aliquem habere,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

    arte et graviter dormire,

    soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    arte appellare aliquem,

    briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

    artius adstringere rationem,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

    abstinentiam artissime constringere,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
    III.
    Transf.:

    arte diligere aliquem,

    strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
    2.
    artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., a joint:

    molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    suffraginum artus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    elapsi in pravum artus,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    dolor artuum,

    gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

    copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

    in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

    Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
    B.
    Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

    nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
    II.
    The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

    artubus omnibus contremiscam,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

    copia concita per artus Omnīs,

    Lucr. 2, 267:

    moribundi artus,

    id. 3, 129 al.:

    rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

    salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

    Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

    veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

    and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

    artus in frusta concident,

    Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

    ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

    its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

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  • 7 artus

    1.
    artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
    I.
    Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

    exierunt regionibus artis,

    Lucr. 6, 120:

    claustra,

    id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

    nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

    Cic. Or. 65, 220:

    artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

    nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    compages,

    Verg. A. 1, 293:

    nexus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    arto stipata theatro,

    pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

    toga,

    a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

    nimis arta convivia,

    i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

    ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

    Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

    multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

    Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

    nec desilies imitator in artum,

    nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
    II.
    Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

    sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

    Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

    vincula amoris artissima,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

    arti commeatus,

    Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

    in arto commeatus,

    id. ib. 3, 13:

    artissimae tenebrae,

    very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

    quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

    spes artior aquae manantis,

    Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

    quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

    i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

    rebus in artis,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

    artas res nuntiaret,

    Tac. H. 3, 69:

    tam artis afflictisque rebus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

    fortuna artior expensis,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

    ne in arto res esset,

    Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
    I.
    Lit.:

    arte (manus) conliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

    boves arte ad stipites religare,

    Col. 6, 2, 5:

    arte continere aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    aciem arte statuere,

    Sall. J. 52, 6:

    arte accubare,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

    calorem artius continere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

    artius astringi,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    signa artius conlocare,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    artius ire,

    Curt. 4, 13, 34:

    artius pressiusque conflictari,

    Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

    milites quam artissime ire jubet,

    Sall. J. 68, 4:

    artissime plantas serere,

    Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    arte contenteque aliquem habere,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

    arte et graviter dormire,

    soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    arte appellare aliquem,

    briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

    artius adstringere rationem,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

    abstinentiam artissime constringere,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
    III.
    Transf.:

    arte diligere aliquem,

    strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
    2.
    artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., a joint:

    molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    suffraginum artus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    elapsi in pravum artus,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    dolor artuum,

    gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

    copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

    in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

    Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
    B.
    Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

    nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
    II.
    The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

    artubus omnibus contremiscam,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

    copia concita per artus Omnīs,

    Lucr. 2, 267:

    moribundi artus,

    id. 3, 129 al.:

    rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

    salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

    Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

    veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

    and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

    artus in frusta concident,

    Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

    ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

    its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

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  • 8 modicum

    mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
    I.
    In a good sense:

    modico gradu ire,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

    potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    convivia,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    severitas,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

    Sall. J. 85, 1:

    domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2:

    modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

    a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

    amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

    gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—
    II.
    In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

    genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69:

    oculi,

    middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

    ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

    few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

    Graecis hoc modicum est,

    not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    pecunia,

    little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

    acervus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

    incrementa,

    small, Just. 7, 1:

    tempus,

    short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

    rem pateris modicam,

    a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

    modici amici,

    humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

    Sabinus modicus originis,

    Tac. A. 6, 39:

    virium,

    Vell. 1, 12, 4:

    pecuniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    voluptatum,

    id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

    modicum progredi,

    a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

    modico deinde regressa,

    i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

    modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

    a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

    modico secus progredi,

    to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
    1.
    Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    dolorem modice ferre,

    quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

    se recipere,

    quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    modice et modeste vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

    dicere,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

    modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

    id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—
    2.
    Slightly, not very, not much:

    minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    modice vinosus,

    Liv. 41, 4:

    locuples,

    id. 38, 14, 9:

    modice instratus torus,

    slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

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  • 9 modicus

    mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
    I.
    In a good sense:

    modico gradu ire,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

    potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    convivia,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    severitas,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

    Sall. J. 85, 1:

    domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2:

    modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

    a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

    amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

    gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—
    II.
    In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

    genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69:

    oculi,

    middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

    ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

    few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

    Graecis hoc modicum est,

    not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    pecunia,

    little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

    acervus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

    incrementa,

    small, Just. 7, 1:

    tempus,

    short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

    rem pateris modicam,

    a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

    modici amici,

    humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

    Sabinus modicus originis,

    Tac. A. 6, 39:

    virium,

    Vell. 1, 12, 4:

    pecuniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    voluptatum,

    id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

    modicum progredi,

    a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

    modico deinde regressa,

    i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

    modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

    a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

    modico secus progredi,

    to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
    1.
    Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    dolorem modice ferre,

    quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

    se recipere,

    quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    modice et modeste vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

    dicere,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

    modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

    id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—
    2.
    Slightly, not very, not much:

    minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    modice vinosus,

    Liv. 41, 4:

    locuples,

    id. 38, 14, 9:

    modice instratus torus,

    slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

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  • 10 angustus

        angustus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ANG-], narrow, strait, contracted: iter, S.: fines, Cs.: rima, H.: mare, a strait: angustissima portus, Cs.— Fig., short, brief: dies, O.: spiritus, breathing.— Needy, pinching, stinting: pauperies, H.: res, poverty, Iu.: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, shaken, Cs.—Critical, difficult: rebus angustis animosus, H.—Of character, narrow, base, little, petty: animus: defensio angustior, less honorable. — Of thought or argument, narrow, trifling, subtle, hairsplitting: concertationes: interrogatiunculae.—Of style, brief, succinct: oratio: quae angustiora parietes faciunt, i. e. less discursive than in the forum.
    * * *
    angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um ADJ
    narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

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  • 11 arctus

        arctus    see artus.
    * * *
    I
    arcta, arctum ADJ
    close, thick, narrow; short; strict; scanty, brief; bow, rainbow (Ecc)
    II
    Big/Little Dipper/Bear, region of celestial pole; North lands/people/direction

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  • 12 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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  • 13 artus

        artus (not arctus), adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AR-], close, strait, narrow, confined, short: laquei: saltus, L.: compages, V.: nexus, O.: toga, narrow, H.: convivia, i. e. crowded, H.: artiores silvae, dense, Cs.: custodia, Ta. — As subst n., a narrow place, narrow passage: in arto, L.: in artius coire, Cu. — Fig., straitened, scanty, small, close, binding: vincula amoris artissima: vinculum ad astringendam fidem: commeatūs, L.—As subst: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish expec<*> tation, O.: desilire in artum, into straits, H.— Needy, indigent, straitened: artis in rebus, O.—As subst: ne in arto res esset, L. — Of sleep, deep: artior somnus. — Narrow, frugal: animus, H.
    * * *
    I
    arta -um, artior -or -us, artissimus -a -um ADJ
    close, firm, tight; thrifty; dense, narrow; strict; scarce, critical; brief
    II
    arm/leg/limb, joint, part of the body; frame (pl.), body; sexual members/organs

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  • 14 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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  • 15 malīgnus

        malīgnus adj.    [malus+GEN-], ill-disposed, wicked, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign: volgus, H.: numina, unkind, Iu.: hoc maligno dente carpunt: leges, O.: oculi, V.— Stingy, niggardly: caupones, H.: Maligna facta ilico est, i. e. reserved, T.: fama, slanderous, O.: colles, barren, V.: aditus, narrow, V.: lux, scanty, V.
    * * *
    maligna, malignum ADJ
    spiteful; niggardly; narrow

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  • 16 modicus

        modicus adj.    [modus], in proper measure, moderate, modest, temperate: potiones: severitas: corpus (historiae), of a tolerable size: strepitus, O.: modici munera Liberi, i. e. moderation in drink, H.: animus domi, unassuming, S.: voluptatum, in pleasures, Ta.— Middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small: modicis regni terminis uti: ea, valde et modica et inlustria sunt, few in number: Graecis hoc modicum est, not frequent: pecunia, little: rem pateris modicam, a trifling affliction, Iu.: amici, humble, Iu.—As subst n., a little: modico contentus, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    modica, modicum ADJ
    moderate; temperate, restrained; small (Bee)
    II
    short/small time; short distance, little way; little, small amount

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  • 17 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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  • 18 rārus

        rārus adj.    with comp. and sup, of loose texture, thin, rare, not thick: (terra) opp. densa, V.: retia, with large meshes, V.: tunica, O.: rariores silvae, thinner, Ta.—With large intervals, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty: vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis, scattered: Apparent rari nantes, V.: frutices in vertice, O.: umbra, V.: arbores, N.: Manat rara meas lacrima per genas, drop by drop, H.—Of soldiers, in open order, far apart, scattered, dispersed, straggling, single: ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Cs.: rari in confertos inlati, L.: ordines, L.: rarior acies, Cu.—Infrequent, scarce, sparse, few, rare: in omni arte, optimum quidque rarissimum: raris ac prope nullis portibus, Cs.: Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur, Ta.: rara hostium apparebant arma, L.: vitio parentum Rara iuventus, H.: rarus adibat (i. e. raro), O.— Plur n. as subst: rara (anteponantur) volgaribus.—Uncommon, scarce, rare, extraordinary, remarkable: Rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte canendi, O.: avis (sc. pavo), H.: rarissima turba, O.
    * * *
    rara -um, rarior -or -us, rarissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, scattered; few, infrequent; rare; in small groups; loose knit

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  • 19 ariditas

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

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  • 20 jejunus

    jejuna -um, jejunior -or -us, jejunissimus -a -um ADJ
    fasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meager

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