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LNS

egēnus, egēna, egēnum

egeo

adjective (2-1-2)

in want of, in need of, destitute or void of
Poor, worthless, beggarly

Abbreviations

egēnus, a, um, adj. egeo, in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens). 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.

— With abl.: commeatu, Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.

— 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.

— Poor, worthless, beggarly: ad infirma et egena elementa, Vulg. Gal. 4, 9.

—Subst. egēnus, i, m., a poor man: et pauper, Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al.

— egēnum, i, n., a poor soil: in egeno, Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.