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ĭnĕdĭa , ae, f. 2. in-edo,
I.an abstaining from food, fasting (class.): “tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inediā succidunt,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30: “vigiliis et inedia necatus,” Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82: “inediam sustinere,” Cels. 1, 3: inediā vitam finire, i. e. to starve one's self to death, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1; cf.: “inediā mori,” Gell. 3, 10, 15.— In plur.: “inedias durare,” Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283.
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 (5):
    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.7.1
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.3
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.27
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.10.15
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