egenus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *egeznos, from the neuter s-stem *egos +‎ -nus. Compare egestās, which substantive is also derived from it.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈɡeː.nus/, [ɛˈɡeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒe.nus/, [eˈd͡ʒɛːnus]

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