mendīcus adj. with sup, beggarly, needy, in want, indigent: ex mendicis fieri divites: solos sapientīs esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites.

—As subst m., a beggar, mendicant, T., C.: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, H.

—Poor, paltry, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum.