indigentia Latin · revision 10165

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁eǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.dɪˈɡɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.diˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indigentia''' ''f'' (genitive indigentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|indigēns|-ia|t1=needy]], from [[indigeō]] “to need”, from ⟨indu-⟩ and [[egeō]] “to lack”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨egeō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁eǵ-es-|t=lack, need]], cognate with Oscan ⟨egmo⟩ “matter” and [[non|ekla|t=lack]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant need, want, a condition lacking something necessary, and a sense of need, insatiable desire, as in Cicero's ''Laelius'' and ''Tusculans'', and Lewis & Short call it rare and mostly Ciceronian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for lack, shortage, hardship, famine.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''indigence'' (late 14th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''indigence'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|need|alt=Need]], want, [[m|en|indigence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Insatiable desire.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Shortage, [[m|en|famine]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[indigeō]]

+ * [[egeō]]

+ * [[indigus]]

+ * [[en|indigence]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}