alienarum+opum

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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.—

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. —

With acc. (ante-class.):

nihil,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.—

With inf.:

hoc plane indigeo discere,

Gell. 4, 1, 6.—

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 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.—

Subst.: indĭgens, ntis, comm., a needy or indigent person:

indigentibus benigne facere,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.