indigus

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

indĭgus, a, um, adj. [indigeo], needing, in want (poet. and post-Aug.).

I In gen.

α With gen.: nostrae opis, Verg. G. 2, 428; so, externae opis, Tac. H. 3, 48: stipendiorum, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143: rectoris, Tac. H. 3, 22 (but Lucr. 1, 61, is glossem.).—

β With abl.: auxilio, Lucr. 5, 223. —

γ Absol. : pauper et indigus, Stat. S. 3, 1, 102.—

II In partic., desirous of something; with gen.: servitii, Luc. 9, 254.

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