exiguitas

exĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. [exiguus],

• 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.

exiguitās, ātis, f. (exiguus), die Knappheit, I) quantitativ, 1) räumlich, die Kleinheit, castrorum, Caes.: terrae, Iustin.: pellium, Caes.: acinorum, Col. – absol. = eine kleine Fläche, Pallad. 1, 6, 8. – 2) numerisch, die kleine, geringe Zahl, copiarum, Cic. u. Caes. – 3) zeitlich, die Kürze, propter eorum exiguitatem, weil es nicht von Belang ist, Cic.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Caes.: temporis exiguitate alqd exsequi non posse, Liv. – II) qualitativ, die Dürftigkeit, der dürftige Zustand, cibi, Col. 7, 5, 5: fisci, Suet. Claud. 28.

exiguitas [CL] , exiguity, smallness; b (as title of humility). totum quod de Christo creditur ‥ propter ejus ‥ humilitatem quasi propter nimiam ~atem subtile est et incomprehensibile Bald. Cant. Sacr. Alt. 748D; pro ingenii mei ~ate studui demonstrare que ‥ Vac. Assumpt. 5.  b istum ‥ libellum ‥ quatinus in metricae artis versus transferatis nostra ~as ‥ praecatur (Ep. Wulfrici) Mem. Dunst. 409; si quid ‥ †exiquitatis [v. l. exiguitatis] mee imperitie imputetur J. Furness Kentig. prol.; quantum sufficit mea ~as Ad. Marsh Ep. 12; ~ati meae videtur, quod ‥ Ockham Dial. 480.

exĭgŭĭtās, (13) ātis, f. (exiguus), petitesse, exiguïté : Cæs. G. 4, 30, 1 || petit nombre : Cæs. G. 3, 23, 7 || petite quantité : Col. Rust. 7, 5, 5 || pauvreté, disette : Suet. Claud. 28 || brièveté [du temps] : Cæs. G. 2, 21, 5.

exiguitas , atis. f.
少。小。儉。

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exiguitās ātis, f

• exiguus, scantiness, smallness, littleness, shortness, insufficiency, scarcity: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, Cs.: castrorum, Cs.: temporis, Cs.