I.part. fut. egitura, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 24), v. n. cf. Gr. ἀχήν, poor; root αχ-, αγχ, in ἄχος, ἄγχω, etc.; Lat. angustus, angina, to be needy (for syn. cf.: indigeo, careo, vaco).
I. Prop.
a. Absol. (so usually in Plaut. and Ter.), to be needy, to be in want, to be poor: “me in divitiis esse agrumque habere, egere illam autem,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 57; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 73; id. Truc. 2, 1, 12; 4, 2, 32; id. Trin. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 49; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Rosc. Com. 8 (opp. locupletem esse); Hor. S. 2, 2, 103 (opp. dives); id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 1, 228 et saep.—Pass. impers.: “amatur atque egetur acriter,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 39.—
b. To need, want, lack, to be in need of, with the thing needed.
(α).
In the abl.: “earum rerum, quibus egeremus, invectio,” Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Fam. 10, 16, 2: “omnibus necessariis rebus,” Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4: “copiis,” Cic. Off. 1, 16 fin.: “oculis ad cernendum,” id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: “bibliothecis Graecis,” id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 5: “medicină,” id. Lael. 3: “nullo,” id. ib. 9, 30: “consilio, opera nostra,” id. ib. 14 fin.: “auxilio,” id. Fam. 2, 17, 16: “sapiens eget nulla re: egere enim necessitatis est,” Sen. Ep. 9 med. (cf. I. a. supra).—Of inanimate subjects: “opus eget exercitatione non parva,” Cic. Lael. 5, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 38; 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 7 et saep.—
(β).
In the gen. (in Cic. dub., v. the foll.): “si pudoris egeas,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187: “tui, admonitricis,” id. Truc. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67: “auxilii,” Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 4: medicinae (al. medicina; cf. “the preced.),” Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.: “medici, curatoris,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; cf. “custodis,” id. S. 1, 4, 118: “aeris (opp. locuples mancipiis),” id. Ep. 1, 6, 39: “nullius,” id. ib. 1, 17, 22: “nutricis,” Ov. Tr. 6, 135: “alienae facundiae,” Tac. A. 13, 3 al.—Of inanimate subjects: “nec prosum quicquam nostrae rationis egere,” Lucr. 3, 44; Quint. 5, 14, 5; 2, 16, 13; 3, 8, 63 al.—
(δ).
Supplied by inf. pass.: “clariores quam ut indicari egeant, Athenae,” Mel. 2, 3, 4; cf. id. 2, 4, 1.
II. Sometimes transf.
A. (For the usual careo.) To be without, to be destitute of, not to have: “C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit,” Cic. Brut. 67, 238: “donis tuis, somne,” Stat. S. 5, 4, 2.—Of inanimate subjects: “res proprio nomine,” Lucr. 3, 134. —*
B. To do without, to bear the want of: si quid est, quod utar, utor; si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1.—
C. Like the Gr. δέομαι (cf. also the Engl. to want), to desire, wish for: “tui amans abeuntis egeo,” Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1: “plausoris,” Hor. A. P. 154: “tantuli,” id. S. 1, 1, 59; cf. in the abl.: “pane,” id. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—Hence, ĕgens , entis, P. a., needy, necessitous, in want, very poor (class.; cf.: “egenus, indigens, indigus, inops, pauper, mendicus): quocirca (amici) et absentes assunt egentes abundant,” Cic. Lael. 7; Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 1; 2, 3, 4; id. Stich. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 10; Cic. Clu. 59, 163; id. Fl. 15, 35 et saep.; cf. “opp. locuples,” Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 2; Dig. 22, 5, 3; “opp. abundans,” Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43: “delectus egentium ac perditorum,” Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 2; cf. Sall. C. 31, 1; 18, 4.— Comp.: “nihil rege egentius,” Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.—Sup.: “egestates tot egentissimorum hominum,” Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Sest. 52, 111; id. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.; “opp. locuples,” Liv. 1, 47.—Adv. does not occur.
