2001 Translation

Sounds Like: eh-GES-tahs

Translations: poverty, indigence, want, need, destitution, a poverty, an indigence

From the root: EGESTAS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: Egestas refers to a state of extreme lack or destitution, particularly in terms of material possessions or financial resources. It describes a condition of being in great need or want. It is often used to denote abject poverty.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, EGESTAS.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• EGESTATE — by poverty, from poverty, with poverty, by need, from need, with need, by want, from want, with want
• EGESTATEM — poverty, want, need, destitution

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