I.a fasting, emptiness of stomach.
I. Lit.: “jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida,” Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13. —
II. Trop.
A. Of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness: “inopia et jejunitas,” Cic. Brut. 55: “qui jejunitatem et famem se malle quam ubertatem et copiam dicerent,” id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: “jejunitas et siccitas et inopia,” id. Brut. 82, 285.—
B. Ignorance of any thing: “bonarum artium,” Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.