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): /inˈdi.ɡe.na/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪɡɛnä]
• indigena: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.na/, [in̪ˈd̪iːd͡ʒenä]
• indigenā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ɡe.naː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪɡɛnäː]
• indigenā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.na/, [in̪ˈd̪iːd͡ʒenä]

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Declension

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

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	indigena			indigenae	indigena
Genitive	indigenae			indigenārum
Dative				indigenīs
Accusative	indigenam	indigena		indigenās	indigena
Ablative	indigenā			indigenīs
Vocative	indigena			indigenae	indigena

Noun

indigena m (genitive indigenae); first declension

1. a 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”)