indigeo

Latin

Etymology

From indu- +‎ egeō (“I need”).

Pronunciation

Verb

indigeō (present infinitive indigēre, perfect active indiguī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive

  1. to need, want, require, lack
    Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, cessō, perdō
    Antonyms: abundō, affluō
  2. to long for, desire
    Synonyms: requīrō, aveō, cupiō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, concupiō, petō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation

  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
   Conjugation of indigeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present indigeō indigēs indiget indigēmus indigētis indigent
imperfect indigēbam indigēbās indigēbat indigēbāmus indigēbātis indigēbant
future indigēbō indigēbis indigēbit indigēbimus indigēbitis indigēbunt
perfect indiguī indiguistī indiguit indiguimus indiguistis indiguērunt,
indiguēre
pluperfect indigueram indiguerās indiguerat indiguerāmus indiguerātis indiguerant
future perfect indiguerō indigueris indiguerit indiguerimus indigueritis indiguerint
passive present — — indigētur — — indigentur
imperfect — — indigēbātur — — indigēbantur
future — — indigēbitur — — indigēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present indigeam indigeās indigeat indigeāmus indigeātis indigeant
imperfect indigērem indigērēs indigēret indigērēmus indigērētis indigērent
perfect indiguerim indiguerīs indiguerit indiguerīmus indiguerītis indiguerint
pluperfect indiguissem indiguissēs indiguisset indiguissēmus indiguissētis indiguissent
passive present — — indigeātur — — indigeantur
imperfect — — indigērētur — — indigērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — indigē — — indigēte —
future — indigētō indigētō — indigētōte indigentō
passive future — — indigētor — — indigentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present indigēre indigērī indigēns —
future — — — indigendum
perfect indiguisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
indigendī indigendō indigendum indigendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: indigere

References

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