Danish

Noun

egens c

1. genitive singular definite of eg

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of egeō ‎(“I need”).

Participle

egēns m, f, n ‎(genitive egentis); third declension

1. needy, poor
2. destitute

Inflection

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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