Lewis & Short

vĭdŭĭtas, ātis, f. [viduus], bereavement, want, lack.

  1. * I. In gen.: omnium copiarum atque opum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 2.
  2. II. In partic., widowhood, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13; Liv. 40, 4, 2; App. Mag. p. 291, 33.