indigentia

Latin

Alternative forms

• indigencia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Derived from indigēns (“needing, requiring”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.dɪˈɡɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.diˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a]

Noun

indigentia f (genitive indigentiae); first declension

1. need, want, lack, indigence

   Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, ūsus, opus

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indigentia	indigentiae
genitive	indigentiae	indigentiārum
dative	indigentiae	indigentiīs
accusative	indigentiam	indigentiās
ablative	indigentiā	indigentiīs
vocative	indigentia	indigentiae

Descendants

• Old French: indigence
  • English: indigence
  • French: indigence
• Italian: indigenza
• Portuguese: indigência
• Spanish: indigencia

Participle

indigentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of indigēns

References

• “indigentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indigentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “indigentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• indigentia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016