"penuria" meaning in Latin

See penuria in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [peːˈnuː.ri.a] [Classical-Latin], [peˈnuː.ri.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perhaps related to paene (“almost”). Head templates: {{la-noun|pēnūria<1>}} pēnūria f (genitive pēnūriae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pēnūria<1>}} Forms: pēnūria [canonical, feminine], pēnūriae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pēnūria [nominative, singular], pēnūriae [nominative, plural], pēnūriae [genitive, singular], pēnūriārum [genitive, plural], pēnūriae [dative, singular], pēnūriīs [dative, plural], pēnūriam [accusative, singular], pēnūriās [accusative, plural], pēnūriā [ablative, singular], pēnūriīs [ablative, plural], pēnūria [singular, vocative], pēnūriae [plural, vocative], paenūria [alternative]
  1. want, need, scarcity Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: egestās, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus, angustia
    Sense id: en-penuria-la-noun-FkzWse9A Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 45 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 46 3 3
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "penuria"
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    {
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        {
          "word": "dīvitiae"
        },
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          "word": "opulentia"
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          "english": "[…] but the beauty of the youngest was so marvellous and dazzling that it could neither be expressed nor sufficiently praised by the paucity of human speech.",
          "ref": "c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses (Apuleius) 4.28",
          "text": "[…] at vērō puellae iūniōris tam praecipua, tam praeclāra pulchritūdō nec exprimī ac ne sufficienter quidem laudārī sermōnis hūmānī pēnūriā poterat.",
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          "word": "dēsīderium"
        },
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          "word": "inopia"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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