indigus
Latin
Etymology
From archaic indu (“in”) + the root of egeō (“to need, want”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.dɪ.ɡʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin̪.d̪i.ɡus]
Adjective
indigus (feminine indiga, neuter indigum); first/second-declension adjective
- needing (+ genitive or (rarely) ablative)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | indigus | indiga | indigum | indigī | indigae | indiga | |
| genitive | indigī | indigae | indigī | indigōrum | indigārum | indigōrum | |
| dative | indigō | indigae | indigō | indigīs | |||
| accusative | indigum | indigam | indigum | indigōs | indigās | indiga | |
| ablative | indigō | indigā | indigō | indigīs | |||
| vocative | indige | indiga | indigum | indigī | indigae | indiga | |
Related terms
- indigeō
- indigem
References
- “indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers