ārĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [aridus],
I dryness , drought.
I.A Lit.: ariditatem ampliare, Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117: myrtus siccata usque in ariditatem, id. 15, 29, 37, § 123: ariditas aquae, Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the plur.: ariditatibus temperamenta ferre, Arn. 2, 69.—
B In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), any thing dry , withered , or parched : cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido, Pall. 3, 4: ariditatem recidere, the dry , dead wood , id. 3, 21, 2.—
II Trop., a being withered , dryness : stipula ariditate plena, Vulg. Nah. 1, 10: bracchium ejus ariditate siccabitur, ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of meagre , scanty food , Salv. 1, 1 sq.