egenus

ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).

(α).

With gen.:

(nos) omnium,

Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

omnis spei,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

aquarum (regio),

id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

decoris,

Sil. 6, 304.—

(β).

With abl.:

commeatu,

Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—

(γ).

Absol.:

res,

i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

frater,

Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—

II.

Poor, worthless, beggarly:

ad infirma et egena elementa,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.

A.

ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

et pauper,

Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —

B.

ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

in egeno,

Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.