2001 Translation

Sounds Like: eh-geh-STA-tem

Translations: poverty, want, need, destitution

From the root: EGESTAS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: EGESTATEM is the accusative singular form of the Latin noun EGESTAS, which refers to a state of extreme poverty, want, or destitution. It describes a severe lack of resources or necessities. It can be used in sentences to indicate the object of an action or preposition that relates to this state of need.

Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:90
• Book Two — 8:90

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.

• EGESTAS — poverty, indigence, want, need, destitution, a poverty, an indigence
• EGESTATE — by poverty, from poverty, with poverty, by need, from need, with need, by want, from want, with want

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