English → Latin
“mendicant” in Latin
mendīcusbeggarly, needy, indigentegēnusin want or need of; destitute of; indigent, needyegeōto lack, to want, to be without; to need, to require; to desire, to long for, to want
The English word mendicant itself goes back to Latin mendīcō, through mendīcāns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mendicant adj.
mendicus (that has a claim on the benevolence of others, πτωχός): egenus, in prose usually egens (without common necessaries, ἐνδεής): to be mendicant, in summa egestate or mendicitate esse; in summa, mendicitate vivere; vitam in egestate degere: to be reduced to a mendicant state, ad mendicitatem redigi; ad pudendam paupertatem delabi: to make anyone mendicant, omnibus bonis evertere; ad rerum omnium inopiam redigere: a mendicant monk, monachus stipem cogens (after Cic., De Legg., 2, 9, 22): monachus mendicus (after Hor., Sat. 1, 2, 2); *monachus mendicans.
mendicant s.
mendicus. Vid: also, BEGGAR.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mendicant?
- The usual Latin words for “mendicant” are mendīcus, egēnus, egeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.