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egestatem

egestatem is a Latin form of egestas, meaning “poverty, need”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 13: … uibus occidi patrem Sex. Rosci bono fuit, causam dicit is cui non modo luctum mors patris attulit verum etiam egestatem; accusant ei qui hunc ipsum iugulare summe cupierunt, causam dicit is qui etiam ad hoc ipsum iudicium cum pra …

Plautus, Trinummus 2.2.338: Quia sine omni malitiast, tolerare eius égestatem volo.

All forms of egestas (declension 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.