(v. n.P. a.) : indĭgĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n.indu-egeo
* To need, want, to stand in need or want of any thing (class.).
* Lit., with abl.: bona existimatione,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: pecunia,Nep. Ages. 7: medicina,id. Att. 21: iis rebus, quae ad oppugnationem castrorum sunt usui,Caes. B. C. 4, 35: cibo,Suet. Galb. 7: constantia inter dubia,Tac. H. 3, 73: pecunia,Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 9.
* In gen.
* To need, be in want of, require.
* With gen. (class.): ingenii et virtutis,Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2: indigeo tui consilii,id. Att. 12, 35, 2: alterius,id. Lael. 14, 51.
* To long for, desire; with gen. (class.): non auri, non argenti, non ceterarum rerum indigere,Cic. Sull. 8, 25.—Hence, indĭgens, entis, P. a., in want of, needing any thing
* With acc. (ante-class.): nihil,Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.
* Subst.: indĭgens, ntis, comm., a needy or indigent person: indigentibus benigne facere,Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.
* With gen.: quid enim? Africanus indigens mei? minime hercle: at ne ego quidem illius,Cic. Lael. 9, 30: alienarum opum,Nep. Reg. 3: praesidii, Auct. B. Hisp. 17.
* With abl. (post-Aug.): cotes oleo indigentes,Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164: disceptatio multā curā indigens,Gell. 14, 2, 13.

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