LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst-declension one-termination adjective

indigena1

indigena (genitive indigenae)
Classical[ɪnˈdɪ.ɡɛ.na]Ecclesiastical[inˈdiː.d͡ʒe.na]

Meaning

  1. one terminationnative, indigenous
    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.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 14.72.2
    Indigenis superat ridentia lilia saxis, / Et levi radiat picta nitore silex.c. 417 CE, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, De reditu suo 2.65

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in eā terrā nātus
indigena -ae (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 24

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeindigenaindigenaindigena
genitiveindigenaeindigenaeindigenae
dativeindigenaeindigenaeindigenae
accusativeindigenamindigenamindigena
ablativeindigenāindigenāindigenā
vocativeindigenaindigenaindigena
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeindigenaeindigenaeindigena
genitiveindigenārumindigenārumindigenārum
dativeindigenīsindigenīsindigenīs
accusativeindigenāsindigenāsindigena
ablativeindigenīsindigenīsindigenīs
vocativeindigenaeindigenaeindigena

indĭgĕna, ae, adj. indu-gigno,
I. born in a country, native, indigenous (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): miles, Liv. 23, 5, 11: Fauni Nymphaeque, Verg. A. 8, 314: Latini, id. ib. 12, 823: coloni, Col. 1, 7, 3: bos, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 4; Col. 6, 2, 12: apri, Ov. M. 14, 343: vinum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72. — As subst.: indĭgĕna, ae, m., a native: majores eorum, Liv. 21, 30, 80.—Of primitive men: quondam hoc indigenae vivebant more, Juv. 13, 38.

Origins

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

In English words that came into English from indigena

  • indigeneindigena
noun · masculinefirst declension
indigena2
indigena m (genitive indigenae)
Classical[ɪnˈdɪ.ɡɛ.na]Ecclesiastical[inˈdiː.d͡ʒe.na]

Meaning

  1. masculinenative

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeindigenaindigenae
genitiveindigenaeindigenārum
dativeindigenaeindigenīs
accusativeindigenamindigenās
ablativeindigenāindigenīs
vocativeindigenaindigenae

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanindígena
  • Frenchindigène
  • Englishindigenefrom French indigène
  • Siciliannnìggina

Quick answers

What does indigena mean in Latin?
indigena, a adjective, means “native, indigenous”.
How do you pronounce indigena?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈdɪ.ɡɛ.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈdiː.d͡ʒe.na].