indigena

See also: indígena, indigèna, and indiĝena

English

Noun

indigena (plural indigenae)

1. A native, local, indigenous inhabitant, aboriginal.

Related terms

• indigenous

Anagrams

• indigane

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.na/
• Rhymes: -idʒena
• Hyphenation: in‧dì‧ge‧na

Adjective

indigena

1. feminine singular of indigeno

Noun

indigena f (plural indigene)

1. female equivalent of indigeno

Anagrams

• indagine

Latin

Pronunciation

• indigena: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈdɪ.ɡɛ.na]
• indigena: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪ˈd̪iː.d͡ʒe.nä]
• indigenā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈdɪ.ɡɛ.naː]
• indigenā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪ˈd̪iː.d͡ʒe.nä]

Etymology 1

Equivalent to indu- (“inside”) +‎ -gena (“born”), from a strengthened form of in- (“into”) + variant of gignō (“I beget”).

Adjective

indigena (genitive indigenae); first-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms)

1. native, indigenous
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.72.2:

     Divi Augusti iudiciorum ac palati peritissimum e libertis censuram vini in epulas eius facientem dixisse hospiti de indigena vino, novum quidem sibi gustum esse eum atque non ex nobilibus, sed Caesarem non aliud poturum.

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   • c. 417 CE, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, De reditu suo 2.65:

     Indigenis superat ridentia lilia saxis, / Et levi radiat picta nitore silex.

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   • 1828, Symbolæ physicæ: seu Icones et descriptiones..., page 23:

     Quid, quod Seetzen, itineribus ante hos viginti annos per Syriam et Palaestinam factis doctisque observationibus iure celebris, vocem, qua Arabes ursum designant, in illis provinciis animali indigenae alicui tribui inter recentiores solus, quod sciam, retulit.

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Declension

First-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	indigena			indigenae	indigena
genitive	indigenae			indigenārum
dative	indigenae			indigenīs
accusative	indigenam	indigena		indigenās	indigena
ablative	indigenā			indigenīs
vocative	indigena			indigenae	indigena

Noun

indigena m (genitive indigenae); first declension

1. native

Descendants

• → Catalan: indígena
• → French: indigène
  • → English: indigene
• → Sicilian: nnìggina

References

• “indigena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indigena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indigena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

indigena

1. inflection of indigenus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

indigenā

1. ablative feminine singular of indigenus

See also: indígena and indiĝena

Occitan

Adjective

indigena m (feminine singular indigena, masculine plural indigenas, feminine plural indigenas)

1. Alternative spelling of indigèna (“indigenous”)