Indigeo, indiges, pe. co. indígui, indigére, ex in & egeo compositum, dinterposito euphoniæ causa & nuoe genitino, nunc ablariuo iungitur. To lacke: to haue neede.Maximè indigere.Cic.Malo virum pecunia, qum pecuniam viro indigentem. Val. Max. His rebus indigebant, quæ, &c. Cæs. Vt nihil. aut non multum adiumÊro vllo ad suam confirmationem indigeret. Ci. That either it lacked no helpe or not much helpe to the strengthning of it selfe.Quasi tu huius indige as patris. Ter. As though thou hadst any neede of inee thy father.Quid enim erat Africanus indigens mei? C.For what neede had Africanus of my helpe.Auxilij tui indiger.Plaut.Indiget celeritas.Cic.It needeth speede or haste.Cohortatione te puto non indigere. Cassius Cicer.I thinke you not to neede any incouraging.Consilij tui indigeo.Cic.I lacke your counsaile.Consolatione aliorum indigere. Seruius Ciceroni. Defensionis indiget.Cic. Exercitationis indiget. Cic.Bona æstimatione indiget mea adolescentia.Cic.My youth had neede of good cstimation or reputation.Singularis virtutis ad ferendum, miseriæ iudigent.Cic.Hoc planè indigeo addiscere. Gellius, But indeede I haue neede to learne this.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
indĭgĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n. [indu-egeo], to need, want, to stand in need or want of any thing (class.). I.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.— II. In gen. A.To need, be in want of, require.(a). With gen. (class.): ingenii et virtutis, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2: indigeo tui consilii, id. Att. 12, 35, 2: alterius, id. Lael. 14, 51.— (b). With abl., Cic. Fam. 12, 11, 2; Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2.— Pass.: cum praesidio earum (avium) indigetur, Plin. 10, 27, 39, 75: fruges indigebant tecto, Col. 12 praef.3: pax et quies bonis artibus indigent, Tac. H. 4, 1; 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 29. — (g). With acc. (ante-class.): nihil, Varr. L. L. 5, 92 Müll.—(d). With inf.: hoc plane indigeo discere, Gell. 4, 1, 6.—B.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 (a). 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.— (b). With abl. (post-Aug.): cotes oleo indigentes, Plin. 36, 22, 47, 164: disceptatio multā curā indigens, Gell. 14, 2, 13.— B.Subst.: indĭgens, ntis, comm., a needy or indigent person: indigentibus benigne facere, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.