indigeo

Latin

Etymology

From indu- +‎ egeō (“I need”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ɡe.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.o/, [in̪ˈd̪iːd͡ʒeo]

Verb

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

1. to need, want, require, lack

   Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, cessō, perdō

   Antonyms: abundō, affluō

2. to long for, desire

   Synonyms: requīrō, aveō, cupiō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, concupiō, petō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of indigeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	indigeō		indigēs		indiget		indigēmus		indigētis		indigent
	imperfect	indigēbam		indigēbās		indigēbat		indigēbāmus		indigēbātis		indigēbant
	future	indigēbō		indigēbis		indigēbit		indigēbimus		indigēbitis		indigēbunt
	perfect	indiguī		indiguistī		indiguit		indiguimus		indiguistis		indiguērunt, indiguēre
	pluperfect	indigueram		indiguerās		indiguerat		indiguerāmus		indiguerātis		indiguerant
	future perfect	indiguerō		indigueris		indiguerit		indiguerimus		indigueritis		indiguerint
passive	present	—		—		indigētur		—		—		indigentur
	imperfect	—		—		indigēbātur		—		—		indigēbantur
	future	—		—		indigēbitur		—		—		indigēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	indigeam		indigeās		indigeat		indigeāmus		indigeātis		indigeant
	imperfect	indigērem		indigērēs		indigēret		indigērēmus		indigērētis		indigērent
	perfect	indiguerim		indiguerīs		indiguerit		indiguerīmus		indiguerītis		indiguerint
	pluperfect	indiguissem		indiguissēs		indiguisset		indiguissēmus		indiguissētis		indiguissent
passive	present	—		—		indigeātur		—		—		indigeantur
	imperfect	—		—		indigērētur		—		—		indigērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		indigē		—		—		indigēte		—
	future	—		indigētō		indigētō		—		indigētōte		indigentō
passive	future	—		—		indigētor		—		—		indigentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		indigēre			indigērī			indigēns			—
future		—			—			—			indigendum
perfect		indiguisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		indigendī		indigendō		indigendum		indigendō		—		—

Derived terms

• indigēns
• indigentia
• indigēs
• indigus

Related terms

• egeō

Descendants

• Italian: indigere

References

• “indigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indigeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.