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exĭgŭĭtas , ātis, f. exiguus,
I.scantiness in measure or number, smallness, littleness, shortness, scarcity (class.).
(α). 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.—
(β). Absol.: “ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,” Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.6.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 17
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.52
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.5.5
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