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English
Noun
indigens
- plural of indigen
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of indigeō.
Pronunciation
Participle
indigēns (genitive indigentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- needing, wanting, requiring, desiring, lacking
- needy, indigent
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) mean, as in unkind, or deficient
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.11.12:
- quī dēspicit amīcum suum indigēns corde est vir autem prūdēns tacēbit
- He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
References
- “indigens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indigens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indigens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.