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|lshtext=<b>siccĭtas</b>: ātis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. siccitatium, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222), f. [[siccus]], [[dryness]], siccity (freq. and [[class]].; used [[alike]] in | |lshtext=<b>siccĭtas</b>: ātis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. siccitatium, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222), f. [[siccus]], [[dryness]], siccity (freq. and [[class]].; used [[alike]] in sing. and plur.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ab lippitudine [[usque]] [[siccitas]] ut [[sit]] [[tibi]], * Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 18: uvae, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 315: palmarum, id. 13, 4, 9, § 47.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Of places, [[dryness]]: in Sipontinā siccitate, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71: siccitates paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of the [[weather]], [[dryness]], [[drought]]: siccitate et inopiā frugum [[insignis]] [[annus]] fuit: [[sex]] menses [[numquam]] pluisse, memoriae proditum est, Liv. 40, 29; cf. id. 4, 30; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1; Plin. 31, 4, 28, § 51.—Plur.: [[frumentum]] in Galliā [[propter]] siccitates angustius provenerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 24; Varr. R. R. 1, 31 fin.: in siccitatibus acutae febres oriuntur, Cels. 2, 1 med.; Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 12, 44, 8; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186; 31, 4, 28, § 50. —<br /> <b>3</b> Of the [[human]] [[body]], [[dryness]], siccity, as a [[state]] of [[health]]; [[freedom]] from [[gross]] humors (opp. [[rheum]], [[catarrh]], tumefaction, etc.), [[firmness]], [[solidity]]: [[Persae]] eam sunt consecuti corporis siccitatem, ut [[neque]] spuerent [[neque]] emungerentur suffiatoque corpore essent, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 7: adde siccitatem, quae consequitur hanc continentiam in victu; adde integritatem valetudinis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 99: corporis, id. Sen. 10, 34.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[dryness]], jejuneness, [[want]] of [[ornament]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[isti]] (magistri) cum non [[modo]] dominos se fontium, sed se ipsos fontes esse dicant, et omnium rigare debeant ingenia, non putant [[fore]] ridiculum, si, cum id polliceantur aliis, arescant ipsi siccitate, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9: orationis [[siccitas]], Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1; cf.: jejunitatem et siccitatem et inopiam, id. Brut. 82, 285. | ||
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