egestas
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eˈɡes.taːs/, [ɛˈɡɛs̠t̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈd͡ʒes.tas/, [eˈd͡ʒɛst̪äs]
Noun
egestās f (genitive egestātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | egestās | egestātēs |
Genitive | egestātis | egestātum |
Dative | egestātī | egestātibus |
Accusative | egestātem | egestātēs |
Ablative | egestāte | egestātibus |
Vocative | egestās | egestātēs |
References
- “egestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “egestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- egestas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- egestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be reduced to (abject) poverty: ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigi
- to live in poverty, destitution: in egestate esse, versari
- to live in poverty, destitution: vitam in egestate degere
- to be entirely destitute; to be a beggar: in summa egestate or mendicitate esse
- to be reduced to (abject) poverty: ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigi