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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aegaeus, from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos).
Adjective
egeo (feminine egea, masculine plural egei, feminine plural egee)
- Aegean
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eg- (“lack”), with cognates including Old Norse ekla (“lack, scarcity”), Tocharian B yäk- (“neglect, be careless about”).
Pronunciation
Verb
egeō (present infinitive egēre, perfect active eguī, future participle egitūrus); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem (except in the future active participle); with ablative or genitive
- to lack, to want, to be without
- Synonyms: requīrō, exspectō, careō, indigeō, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō, dēsum, perdō
- Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō
- to need, to require
- to desire, to long for, to want
- Synonyms: aveō, cupiō, volō
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “egeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “egeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- egeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- egeo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈxeo/
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: e‧ge‧o
Adjective
egeo (feminine egea, masculine plural egeos, feminine plural egeas)
- Aegean
Derived terms