adjectivefirst-declension one-termination adjective
terrigena
terrigena (genitive terrigenae)
Classical[tɛrˈrɪ.ɡɛ.na]Ecclesiastical[terˈriː.d͡ʒe.na]
terrigenus ; sg. nom. m.
Meaning
- one terminationborn of or from the earth
- one terminationearth-born
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ē terrā nātusterrigena -ae (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 14
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | terrigena terrigenus | terrigena | terrigena terrigenum |
| genitive | terrigenae terrigenī | terrigenae | terrigenae terrigenī |
| dative | terrigenae terrigenō | terrigenae | terrigenae terrigenō |
| accusative | terrigenam terrigenum | terrigenam | terrigena terrigenum |
| ablative | terrigenā terrigenō | terrigenā | terrigenā terrigenō |
| vocative | terrigena terrigene | terrigena | terrigena terrigenum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | terrigenae terrigenī | terrigenae | terrigena |
| genitive | terrigenārum terrigenōrum | terrigenārum | terrigenārum terrigenōrum |
| dative | terrigenīs | terrigenīs | terrigenīs |
| accusative | terrigenās terrigenōs | terrigenās | terrigena |
| ablative | terrigenīs | terrigenīs | terrigenīs |
| vocative | terrigenae terrigenī | terrigenae | terrigena |
terrĭgĕna, ae, comm. (
I. neutr. plur. adj.:
terrigena animalia, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 12) [terra-gigno], born of or from the earth, earth-born; a poet. epithet of the first men, Lucr. 5, 1411; 5, 1427; Amm. 19, 8, 11.—Of the men who sprang up from the dragon's teeth which had been sown, Ov. M. 3, 118; 7, 141; id. H. 6, 35; 12, 99, Val. Fl. 7, 505.— Of Typhoeus, Ov. M. 5, 325.—Of the giants, Val. Fl. 2, 18; Sil. 9, 306.—Of the serpent, Sil. 6, 254; Stat. Th. 5, 506.—Of the snail, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133.—Of men in general, Vulg. Psa. 48, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
terrigena ae, adj.
terra+GEN-, born of the earth, sprung from earth, earth-born : coclea, Poët<*> ap. C.: fratres (i. e. of men sprung up from the sown dragon's teeth), O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁etider. Proto-Italic Latin gigno Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -gena Latin terrigena From terra (“earth”) + -gena (“born from”).
Descendants
- Gothic𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃
In English words that came into English from terrigena
- terrigenousterrigena