ieiunitas
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
jējūnĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I a fasting, emptiness of stomach.
I Lit.: jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13. —
B Transf., dryness: calida umoris, Vitr. 2, 6, 4; 7, 4, 3.—
II Trop.
A Of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness: inopia et jejunitas, Cic. Brut. 55: qui jejunitatem et famem se malle quam ubertatem et copiam dicerent, id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: jejunitas et siccitas et inopia, id. Brut. 82, 285.—
B Ignorance of any thing: bonarum artium, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.
