egens

egens is a Latin form of egeo, meaning “need, lack, want (+abl. or gen.)”. It is the present active participle nominative singular masculine.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.94: … que eo Sthenio esse inimicum ut eum rei capitalis adfinem esse diceret. hic tum repente Pacilius quidam, homo egens et levis, accedit; ait, si liceret, absentis nomen deferre se velle. iste vero et licere et fieri solere, et …

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.7.4: “Egens sum,” inquit: mentiris. cedo mihi patris mei censum. “Quid ergo? ales pauperem?” dimissus fortasse promittam, …

All forms of egeo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.