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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• scarceness, scarcity:
      1. 1. paucĭtas (fewness): a wonderful s. of panthers, mira pantherarum p., Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.
      2. 2. pēnūria (dearth): in a time of s., in penuria, Plin. 18, 13, 34, ad fin.: a s. of good men, p. bonorum, Cic. Brut. 1, 2.
      3. 3. angustiae, arum (straits, inadequate supply): s. of provisions, a. rei frumentariae, Caes. B. C. 2, 17: Cic.
      4. 4. diffĭcultas (difficulty of obtaining anything): a s. of money, d. numaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 28, 69: a s. of provisions, d. annonae, Suet. Aug. 41.
      5. 5. cārĭtas (high price): first s. then positive want, primum c., deinde inopia, Auct. pro Dom. 10, 25: in a time of s., in caritate, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 5, 8: it was a year of very great s., annus in summa c. fuit, id. Verr. 3, 93, 216: v. dearth.
      6. 6. ĭnŏpia: v. want, destitution. Phr.: the people were suffering from a great s. of provisions, plebs acri annona fatigabatur, Tac. A. 4, 6: a season of s. had arisen, annona artior inciderat, Suet. Tib. 8: frumentum angustius provenerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
SCARCENESS, SCARCITY Copy link
• SCARCENESS, SCARCITY
angustiae (e.g., rei frumentariae, rei familiaris): paucitas (e.g., oratorum). A time of scarceness, annus sterilis. This year was a time of great scarceness, hoc anno frumentum angustius provenit (Caes., B.G. 5, 24): scarcity of money, argentaria inopia (Plaut.); difficultas nummaria (Terentianus); difficultas rei nummariae (Cic.).