indigens

English

Noun

indigens

1. plural of indigen

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of indigeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.ɡens/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪɡẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.d͡ʒens/, [ˈin̪d̪id͡ʒens]

Participle

indigēns (genitive indigentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. needing, wanting, requiring, desiring, lacking
2. needy, indigent
3. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) mean, as in unkind, or deficient
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.11.12:

     quī dēspicit amīcum suum indigēns corde est vir autem prūdēns tacēbit

     He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	indigēns			indigentēs	indigentia
Genitive	indigentis			indigentium
Dative	indigentī			indigentibus
Accusative	indigentem	indigēns		indigentēs indigentīs	indigentia
Ablative	indigente indigentī1			indigentibus
Vocative	indigēns			indigentēs	indigentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: indigent
• French: indigent
• Galician: indixente
• Italian: indigente
• Portuguese: indigente
• Spanish: indigente

References

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