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ĕgēnus , a, um, adj. egeo,
I.in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).
(α). With gen.: “(nos) omnium,” Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6: “omnis spei,” Tac. A. 1, 53: “aquarum (regio),” id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30: “decoris,” Sil. 6, 304.—
(β). With abl.: “commeatu,” Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—
(γ). Absol.: “res,” i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367: “frater,” Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—
II. Poor, worthless, beggarly: “ad infirma et egena elementa,” Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.
A. ĕgēnus , i, m., a poor man: “et pauper,” Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —
B. ĕgēnum , i, n., a poor soil: “in egeno,” Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • New Testament, Galatians, 4.9
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.599
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.91
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 15.11
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 34.10
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.46
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.53
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.10.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.31.1
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