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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=egestas egestatis N F :: [[need]], [[poverty]], extreme poverty; [[lack]], [[want]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ĕgestas</b>: ātis, f. [[egeo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[indigence]], [[extreme]] [[poverty]], [[necessity]], [[want]] ([[very]] freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: [[indigentia]], [[inopia]], [[penuria]], [[paupertas]], [[mendicitas]]): ista [[paupertas]], vel [[potius]] [[egestas]] ac [[mendicitas]], Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 45; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 2; id. Trin. 2, 2, 57; 77; 4, 2, 5 al.; Cic. Rosc. Am. 49 fin.; id. Cat. 2, 11 fin.; id. Inv. 1, 47, 88; * Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 4; Verg. G. 1, 146; 3, 319; id. A. 6, 276 et saep.; cf. in plur.: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5.—Of [[inanimate]] things: patrii sermonis, Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260; cf. linguae, id. 1, 139; and: animi, Cic. Pis. 11. —With an [[object]]-genitive, [[want]] of [[something]]: pabuli, Sall. J. 44, 4; cf. cibi, Tac. A. 6, 23: rei [[familiaris]], Suet. Vit. 7: rationis, [[want]] of [[knowledge]], i. e. [[ignorance]], Lucr. 5, 1211.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ĕgestās</b>,⁹ ātis, f. ([[egeo]]), pauvreté, indigence : Cic. Par. 45 ; Cat. 2, 25 ; [pl.] Att. 9, 7, 5 &#124;&#124; disette, privation : egestate cibi [[peremptus]] Tac. Ann. 6, 23, qu’on a fait mourir de faim ; [[egestas]] rationis Lucr. 5, 1211, le manque d’explication rationnelle ; [[egestas]] animi Cic. Pis. 24, manque de caractère.||disette, privation : egestate cibi [[peremptus]] Tac. Ann. 6, 23, qu’on a fait mourir de faim ; [[egestas]] rationis Lucr. 5, 1211, le manque d’explication rationnelle ; [[egestas]] animi Cic. Pis. 24, manque de caractère.
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{{Georges
|georg=egestās, ātis, f. (eig. egentas, [[egeo]]), I) die Dürftigkeit, bittere [[Armut]] (Ggstz. [[opulentia]], copiae), a) eig., verb. [[egestas]] ac [[mendicitas]], Cic.: [[inopia]], [[egestas]], [[patientia]], Caes.: eg. civium, Sall. fr. – deduci in egestatem, Sen.: vitam in egestate degere, Cic.: sororis causā egestatem exsequi, Plaut.: egestatem alci obicere, Suet.: egestatem alcis tolerare (fristen), Plaut. – Plur., egestates [[tot]] egentissimorum hominum, Cic. ad Att. 9, 7, 5: explere egestates latrocinii [[sui]], Cic. Phil. 14, 10. – b) übtr., animi, [[Mangel]] an [[Charakter]], Cic.: linguae (der [[Sprache]]), patrii sermonis, Lucr. – II) der [[Mangel]] an usw., frumenti, Sall.: cibi, Tac.: pabuli, [[Fronto]]: [[rei]] [[familiaris]], Vitr.: rationis, [[Unkunde]], Lucr.: appetendi, Apul. apol. 20.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=egestas, atis. f. :: [[貧]]。[[缺]]。[[歉]]
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