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ĕgĕo, ŭi, 2 (part. fut. egitura, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 24), v. n. [cf. Gr. ἀχήν, poor; root αχ-, αγχ, in ἄχος, ἄγχω, etc.; Lat. angustus, angina], to be needy (for syn. cf.: indigeo, careo, vaco).

  1. I. Prop.
        1. a. Absol. (so usually in Plaut. and Ter.), to be needy, to be in want, to be poor: me in divitiis esse agrumque habere, egere illam autem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 57; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 73; id. Truc. 2, 1, 12; 4, 2, 32; id. Trin. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 49; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Rosc. Com. 8 (opp. locupletem esse); Hor. S. 2, 2, 103 (opp. dives); id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 1, 228 et saep.
          Pass. impers.: amatur atque egetur acriter, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 39.
        2. b. To need, want, lack, to be in need of, with the thing needed.
          1. (α) In the abl.: earum rerum, quibus egeremus, invectio, Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Fam. 10, 16, 2: omnibus necessariis rebus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4: copiis, Cic. Off. 1, 16 fin.: oculis ad cernendum, id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: bibliothecis Graecis, id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 5: medicină, id. Lael. 3: nullo, id. ib. 9, 30: consilio, opera nostra, id. ib. 14 fin.: auxilio, id. Fam. 2, 17, 16: sapiens eget nulla re: egere enim necessitatis est, Sen. Ep. 9 med. (cf. I. a. supra).
            Of inanimate subjects: opus eget exercitatione non parva, Cic. Lael. 5, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 38; 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 7 et saep.
          2. (β) In the gen. (in Cic. dub., v. the foll.): si pudoris egeas, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187: tui, admonitricis, id. Truc. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67: auxilii, Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 4: medicinae (al. medicina; cf. the preced.), Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.: medici, curatoris, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; cf. custodis, id. S. 1, 4, 118: aeris (opp. locuples mancipiis), id. Ep. 1, 6, 39: nullius, id. ib. 1, 17, 22: nutricis, Ov. Tr. 6, 135: alienae facundiae, Tac. A. 13, 3 al.
            Of inanimate subjects: nec prosum quicquam nostrae rationis egere, Lucr. 3, 44; Quint. 5, 14, 5; 2, 16, 13; 3, 8, 63 al.
          3. (γ) In the acc.: nec quicquam eges, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; cf. the foll.
          4. (δ) Supplied by inf. pass.: clariores quam ut indicari egeant, Athenae, Mel. 2, 3, 4; cf. id. 2, 4, 1.
  2. II. Sometimes transf.
    1. A. (For the usual careo.) To be without, to be destitute of, not to have: C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit, Cic. Brut. 67, 238: donis tuis, somne, Stat. S. 5, 4, 2.
      Of inanimate subjects: res proprio nomine, Lucr. 3, 134.
    2. * B. To do without, to bear the want of: si quid est, quod utar, utor; si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1.
    3. C. Like the Gr. δέομαι (cf. also the Engl. to want), to desire, wish for: tui amans abeuntis egeo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1: plausoris, Hor. A. P. 154: tantuli, id. S. 1, 1, 59; cf. in the abl.: pane, id. Ep. 1, 10, 11.
      Hence, ĕgens, entis, P. a., needy, necessitous, in want, very poor (class.; cf.: egenus, indigens, indigus, inops, pauper, mendicus): quocirca (amici) et absentes assunt egentes abundant, Cic. Lael. 7; Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 1; 2, 3, 4; id. Stich. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 10; Cic. Clu. 59, 163; id. Fl. 15, 35 et saep.; cf. opp. locuples, Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 2; Dig. 22, 5, 3; opp. abundans, Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43: delectus egentium ac perditorum, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 2; cf. Sall. C. 31, 1; 18, 4.
      Comp.: nihil rege egentius, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.
      Sup.: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Sest. 52, 111; id. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.; opp. locuples, Liv. 1, 47.
      Adv. does not occur.

ē-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to carry, bear or bring out, to lead or draw out, to discharge (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: praedam ex hostium tectis, Liv. 6, 3 Drak.; cf. id. 9, 31; 25, 25: pecuniam ex aerario, id. 30, 39 fin.: fluctus (e navi), Ov. M. 11, 488: stercus e columbariis, Col. 2, 14, 1: humanas opes a Veiis, Liv. 5, 22: humum scrobibus, Col. 2, 2, 19; Ov. M. 7, 243: tantum nivis, Liv. 21, 37: silices umeris, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 71: aquam vomitu, to discharge, void, vomit, Curt. 7, 5; cf. dapes, Ov. M. 6, 664: urinam, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 102: sanguinem, id. 31, 6, 33, § 62; Ov. M. 10, 136: multum vitalis spiritus, Tac. A. 15, 64: viscera sua, Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 19.
    Of inanimate subjects: gravitas caeli egerit populos, drives out, drives forth, Sen. Ep. 91.
    1. B. Poet. for efferre (I. B. 1.), to carry to the grave: (Phoebus) egessit avidis Dorica castra (i. e. Graecos) rogis (dat.), sent the Greeks to the funeral piles; acc. to others, exhausted, made empty the Grecian camp, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34; Stat. Th. 1, 37.
  2. II. Trop.: tales pietas paritura querelas Egerit, pours forth, prodit, Luc. 2, 64; cf.: iras ululatibus, Sil. 4, 280: sermones, i. q. edere, Sen. Ep. 66, 4: expletur lacrimis egeriturque dolor, is expelled, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 38: tota querelis Egeritur fletuque dies, i. e. is passed, spent, Val. Fl. 8, 455: noctem metu, id. 5, 299: animam, Luc. 3, 718.