esuries

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ēsŭrĭes, ēi, f. [1. esurio], hunger (postclass.).

I Lit., Hier. Ep. 125, 33; Alcim. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 28, 20.—

II Trop.: avida ignorantiae, Sid. Ep. 6, 6.