indigentia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

indĭgentĭa, ae, f. [indigeo].

I Need , want , indigence (rare; mostly Ciceron.): a natura mihi videtur potius, quam ab indigentia orta amicitia, Cic. Lael. 8, 27: quid est malitia nisi indigentia boni? Ambros. de Isaac. 7, § 60. —

II Insatiableness , insatiable desire (Ciceron.): indigentia est libido inexplebilis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21: indigentia, desiderium, id. ib. 4, 7, 16.

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