siccitas

siccitās ātis, f

siccus, dryness, drought : in Sipontinā siccitate: siccitates paludum, Cs.: siccitate et inopiā frugum insignis annus, L.—Of the body, dryness, freedom from humors, firmness, solidity : siccitas, quae consequitur hanc continentiam in victu.—Fig., of style, dryness, jejuneness, want of ornament : orationis.