iecusculum

iecusculum

ī, n dim. iecur, a little liver.

ieiune

iēiūnē

adj. with comp. ieiunus, meagrely, dryly, feebly, without ornament, spiritlessly: disputare: dici ieiunius.

ieiunitas

iēiūnitās

ātis, f ieiunus.
Prop., a fasting; hence, fig., of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness: ieiunitatem et famem malle quam, etc.: bonarum artium, destitution.

ieiunium

iēiūnium

ī, n ieiunus, a fasting, fast-day, fast: instituendum Cereri, L.: longa ieiunia, O.: ieiunia indicere, H.
Hunger: ieiunia pascere, O
Leanness, poorness (of animals), V.

ieiunus

iēiūnus

adj.with comp, fasting, abstinent, hungry: plebecula: canis, H.: serpens, Pr.: cor pora, L.: lupus ieiunis dentibus acer, H.: fames, extreme, Iu.: odium, i. e. on an empty stomach, Iu.: ieiunae negare aquam, thirsty, Pr.
Dry, barren, unproductive: ager: glarea, V.
Scanty, insignificant: Summaque ieiunā sanie infuscatur harenā, V.
Fig., poor, barren, powerless: nimis animus: animus malevolentiā.
Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low: cognitio: calumnia.
Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless: in orationibus ieiunior: concertatio verborum.