indigeo Latin · revision 8374

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈdɪ.ɡe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈdiː.d͡ʒe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indigeō''' (present infinitive indigēre, perfect active indiguī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[indu-]] “in” and [[egeō]] “to lack”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of needing something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to need, require, as in Plautus, in Tacitus to be without, and in Terence to feel the lack of.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''carēre'' refers to a desirable possession, while ''egēre'' and ''indigēre'' refer to something necessary, and quotes Seneca: virtue often goes without pleasure but never needs it.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to want, need, lack, require.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''indigere''.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''indigēns'' gave [[en|indigent]] about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of needing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of feeling the lack.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''indigent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To need, require.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be without, lack.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To feel the lack of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[indigentia]]

+ * [[indigus]]

+ * [[indiguus]]

+ * [[perindigeo]]

+ * [[indigēns]]

+ * [[indigēs]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[egeō]]

+ * [[careō]]

+ * [[en|indigent]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[careō]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}