egenus

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

  1. (with genetive or ablative) in want or need of; destitute of
  2. indigent, needy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative egēnus egēna egēnum egēnī egēnae egēna
Genitive egēnī egēnae egēnī egēnōrum egēnārum egēnōrum
Dative egēnō egēnō egēnīs
Accusative egēnum egēnam egēnum egēnōs egēnās egēna
Ablative egēnō egēnā egēnō egēnīs
Vocative egēne egēna egēnum egēnī egēnae egēna

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
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