hunger (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. fămes, is, f. (in all degrees, to starvation)2. ĭnĕdia (abstinence from food; esp. voluntary)3. ēsŭries, ēi (hungriness, sense of hunger4. ēsŭrītio (like preced.)5. jējūnium (fasting • hunger (subs.): 1. fămes, is, f. (in all degrees, to starvation): h. is the proper sauce of meat, thirst of drink, cibi condimentum est f., Cic.: to endure h., f. tolerare, sustentare, Caes.: v. starvation. 2. ĭnĕdia (abstinence from food; esp. voluntary): capable of enduring h., cold, lack of sleep, patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, Sall. Cat. 5: exhausted by h. and exposure to the sea, fessus in. fluctibusque, Cic. Pl. 10, 26: Plin. jun. 3. ēsŭries, ēi (hungriness, sense of hunger: very rare): Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 1, ad fin. 4. ēsŭrītio (like preced.): to take away the sense of h. by compression of the stomach, ventris compressione e. depellere, Gell. 16, 3, med.: Cat. 5. jējūnium (fasting: poet. in this sense): to allay h., jejunia sedare, Ov. To feel h., esurire: v. hungry.