egens

Danish

Noun

egens c

1. definite genitive singular of eg

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of egeō (“I need”).

Participle

egēns (genitive egentis, comparative egentior, superlative egentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. needy, poor

   Synonyms: pauper, inops, exiguus

   Antonyms: opulentus, opulens, dis, dives, ditis, locuples

2. destitute
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.373–374:

     “[...] Ēiectum lītore, egentem, / excēpī, et rēgnī dēmēns in parte locāvī.”

     “[When he was] cast ashore, destitute, I took him in, and — insanely! — granted him a part in my realm.”

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	egēns			egentēs	egentia
Genitive	egentis			egentium
Dative	egentī			egentibus
Accusative	egentem	egēns		egentēs egentīs	egentia
Ablative	egente egentī1			egentibus
Vocative	egēns			egentēs	egentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “egens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “egens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• egens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.