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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *egeznos, from the neuter s-stem *egos + -nus. Compare egestās, which substantive is also derived from it.
Pronunciation
Adjective
egēnus (feminine egēna, neuter egēnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (with genetive or ablative) in want or need of; destitute of
- indigent, needy
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “egenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “egenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- egenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- egenus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “egeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186