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): [ɛˈɡeː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈd͡ʒɛː.nus] === Adjective === egēnus (feminine egēna, neuter egēnum); first/second-declension adjective (with genitive or ablative) in want or need of; destitute of indigent, needy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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