mendīcitas, ātis, f. id., beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence (rare but class.): qui quidem ad mendicitatem properent se detrudere, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; id. Rud. 2, 6, 30: in summā mendicitate esse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86: mendicitatem perpeti, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: paupertatem novā mendicitate revocare, Petr. 125.