adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
egēnus
egēnus (feminine egēna, neuter egēnum)
Classical[ɛˈɡeː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈd͡ʒɛː.nus]
Meaning
- ablativeadjectivewith genitivein want or need of; destitute of
- adjectiveindigent, needy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pauperrimus, cui nihil estegēnus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | egēnus | egēna | egēnum |
| genitive | egēnī | egēnae | egēnī |
| dative | egēnō | egēnae | egēnō |
| accusative | egēnum | egēnam | egēnum |
| ablative | egēnō | egēnā | egēnō |
| vocative | egēne | egēna | egēnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | egēnī | egēnae | egēna |
| genitive | egēnōrum | egēnārum | egēnōrum |
| dative | egēnīs | egēnīs | egēnīs |
| accusative | egēnōs | egēnās | egēna |
| ablative | egēnīs | egēnīs | egēnīs |
| vocative | egēnī | egēnae | egēna |
ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. egeo,
I. in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).
(a). With gen.:
(nos) omnium, Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6: omnis spei, Tac. A. 1, 53: aquarum (regio), id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30: decoris, Sil. 6, 304.—(g). Absol.:
res, i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367: frater, Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—A. ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:
et pauper, Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —B. ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:
in egeno, Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
egēnus adj.
egeo, needy, necessitous, in want, destitute : in rebus egenis, V.: omnium corpora, L.: aquarum regio, Ta.: castellum commeatu, Ta.
Origins
From earlier *egeznos, from the neuter s-stem *egos + -nus. Compare egestās, which substantive is also derived from it.