indigus Latin · revision 33548

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la egeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪn.dɪ.ɡʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈin.di.ɡus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indigus''' (feminine indiga, neuter indigum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|indigeō|t=to need]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan analyses it as ⟨*end-ego-⟩, from [[m|la|endo|t=in]] and the root of [[m|la|egeō|t=to lack]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) He traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*egē-|t=to lack]] and [[ine-pro|*h1eǵ-es-|t=lack, need]], adding that the root etymology and its cognates are not very convincing.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has a newborn child lying naked on the ground, ''indigus omni vitali auxilio'', lacking all help for life.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means needing or wanting something, with a genitive:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has ''nostrae opis'', in need of our help, and Tacitus an army lacking a commander.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) With an ablative it means devoid of, and used alone it means needy or poor, as in Statius' ''pauper et indigus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucan uses it of desiring something, ''servitii'', eager for slavery.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin keeps the sense needy.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of a newborn child lacking all help.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, with the genitive ''nostrae opis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan, of being eager for slavery.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius, of a needy man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of an army without a leader.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # In [[m|en|need]] of, wanting (with a genitive).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Devoid of, lacking (also with an ablative).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|needy]], [[m|en|indigent]], poor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Desirous of, eager for.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[indigeō]]

+ * [[egeō]]

+ * [[indigentia]]

+ * [[egēnus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In medieval Latin ''indigus'' also appears as a form of ''indicus'', the colour [[m|en|indigo]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}