dearth Copy link Outline 1. cārĭtas (v. preced. art.)2. ĭnōpia3. pēnūria • dearth: 1. cārĭtas (v. preced. art.): a d. of money, numorum c., Cic. Att. 9, 9, fin. 2. ĭnōpia: v. want, destitution. 3. pēnūria: a great d. of wise and good citizens, magna sapientium civium bonorumque p., Cic.: v. scarcity.