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|lshtext=<b>pēnūrĭa</b>: or paenūrĭa, ae, f. Gr. [[πένομαι]]>, to [[toil]]; [[πένης]]>, [[poor]]; cf. [[σπάνις]], [[πεῖνα]]>,<br /><b>I</b> [[want]], [[need]], [[scarcity]] of [[any]] [[thing]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[inopia]], [[egestas]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., esp. of [[want]] of the necessaries of [[life]]; constr. [[with]] or ([[less]] freq.) [[without]] a gen.: cibi, Lucr. 5, 1007: victūs, Hor. S. 1, 1, 98: edendi, Verg. A. 7, 113: aquarum, Sall. J. 17, 5: rerum necessariarum, id. ib. 23, 2: frumenti, Liv. 4, 25. —Absol.: [[neque]] [[enim]] est [[umquam]] [[penuria]] parvi, he is [[never]] in [[want]] [[who]] requires [[but]] [[little]], Lucr. 5, 1119: penuriam temporum sustinere, to [[supply]] [[their]] [[temporary]] wants, Col. 9, 14, 17: in penuriā, in [[time]] of [[scarcity]], Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130: afflixit te penuriā, Vulg. Deut. 8, 3; 28, 48.—Of [[want]] of [[other]] things: civium, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88: magna sapientium civium bonorumque [[penuria]], Cic. Brut. 1, 2: cujus generis (amicorum) est magna [[penuria]], id. Lael. 17, 62: liberorum, Sall. J. 22, 2: mulierum, Liv. 1, 9: agri, vectigalium, pecuniae, Cic. Inv. 2, 39, 115: argenti, Liv. 23, 21: arborum, Col. 7, 9, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: consilii, Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17: vivae vocis, Gell. 14, 2, 1.