I.beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence (rare but class.): “qui quidem ad mendicitatem properent se detrudere,” Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; id. Rud. 2, 6, 30: “in summā mendicitate esse,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86: “mendicitatem perpeti,” id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: “paupertatem novā mendicitate revocare,” Petr. 125.
mendīcĭtas , ātis, f. id.,