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Latin
Etymology
Derived from indigēns (“needing, requiring”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
indigentia f (genitive indigentiae); first declension
- need, want, lack, indigence
- Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, ūsus, opus
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Participle
indigentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of indigēns
References
- “indigentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indigentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indigentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- indigentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016