exiguitas
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English
exiguitas exiguitatis N F :: smallness, paucity; shortness; scarcity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exĭgŭĭtas: ātis, f. exiguus,
I scantiness in measure or number, smallness, littleness, shortness, scarcity (class.).
(a) With gen.: cum paucitatem militum ex castrorum exiguitate cognoscerent, Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 1: pellium, id. ib. 4, 1 fin.: itaque in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem obscuratio consequitur, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: copiarum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf. in the follg.: congiariorum, Quint. 6, 3, 52: cibi, Col. 7, 5, 5: fisci, Suet. Claud. 28: fructuum, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 5: temporis tanta fuit exiguitas, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5; 2, 33, 2; Liv. 24, 17, 4 al.—
(b) Absol.: ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exĭgŭĭtās,¹³ ātis, f. (exiguus), petitesse, exiguïté : Cæs. G. 4, 30, 1 || petit nombre : Cæs. G. 3, 23, 7 || petite quantité : Col. Rust. 7, 5, 5 || pauvreté, disette : Suet. Claud. 28 || brièveté [du temps] : Cæs. G. 2, 21, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
exiguitās, ātis, f. (exiguus), die Knappheit, I) quantitativ, 1) räumlich, die Kleinheit, castrorum, Caes.: terrae, Iustin.: pellium, Caes.: acinorum, Col. – absol. = eine kleine Fläche, Pallad. 1, 6, 8. – 2) numerisch, die kleine, geringe Zahl, copiarum, Cic. u. Caes. – 3) zeitlich, die Kürze, propter eorum exiguitatem, weil es nicht von Belang ist, Cic.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Caes.: temporis exiguitate alqd exsequi non posse, Liv. – II) qualitativ, die Dürftigkeit, der dürftige Zustand, cibi, Col. 7, 5, 5: fisci, Suet. Claud. 28.
