A.not bearing:—hence,
1. c. gen. objecti, non-production, dearth, “καρπῶν -ίαι” X.Vect.4.9; “πίττης” Thphr.HP9.2.4; “παίδων” Pl.Lg.740c (pl.); “ἀρετῆς” Ph.1.430: abs., dearth, “αἱ ἀ. γίγνονται” Antipho 2.1.10, cf. Lycurg.84, Arist.Mete.351b14 (pl.).
2. in subj. sense, barrenness, sterility, “ἀ. ψυχῆς τε καὶ σωμάτων” Pl.R. 546a; “ψυχῶν κρειττόνων εὐφορίαι ἢ ἀ.” Chrysipp.Stoic.2.337; “φρενῶν” X.Smp.4.55.