Meaning of egestās | Babel Free
[ɛˈɡɛs.taːs]Definitions
need, want, poverty
declension-3
Examples
“Obsessos hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant.”
The ties of loyalty on the one hand, and the necessities of famine on the other, kept the besieged wavering between the alternatives of glory and infamy.
“Cōgitātiōnēs rōbustī semper in abundantiā: omnis autem piger semper in egestāte. The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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