indigus

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Latin

Etymology

From archaic indu (“in”) + the root of egeō (“to need, want”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ɡus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ɡus/,

Adjective

indigus (feminine indiga, neuter indigum); first/second-declension adjective

needing (+ genitive or (rarely) ablative)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	indigus	indiga	indigum		indigī	indigae	indiga
genitive	indigī	indigae	indigī		indigōrum	indigārum	indigōrum
dative	indigō	indigae	indigō		indigīs
accusative	indigum	indigam	indigum		indigōs	indigās	indiga
ablative	indigō	indigā	indigō		indigīs
vocative	indige	indiga	indigum		indigī	indigae	indiga

Related terms

References

“indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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