ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo],
I in want of , in need of , destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).
α 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.—
β With abl.: commeatu, Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—
γ 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.—
II Poor , worthless , beggarly : ad infirma et egena elementa, Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.
A ĕgēnus , i, m., a poor man : et pauper, Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —
B ĕgēnum , i, n., a poor soil : in egeno, Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.