ariditas: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>ārĭdĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[aridus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[dryness]], [[drought]].<br /> Lit.: ariditatem ampliare, Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117: [[myrtus]] siccata [[usque]] in ariditatem, id. 15, 29, 37, § 123: [[ariditas]] aquae, Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: ariditatibus temperamenta ferre, Arn. 2, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), [[any]] [[thing]] [[dry]], [[withered]], or [[parched]]: cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido, Pall. 3, 4: ariditatem recidere, the [[dry]], [[dead]] [[wood]], id. 3, 21, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[being]] [[withered]], [[dryness]]: [[stipula]] ariditate plena, Vulg. Nah. 1, 10: [[bracchium]] ejus ariditate siccabitur, ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of [[meagre]], [[scanty]] [[food]], Salv. 1, 1 sq.