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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

indigena (genitive indigenae); first-declension one-termination adjective

1. native, indigenous
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, 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 one-termination adjective.

	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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indigena	indigenae
genitive	indigenae	indigenārum
dative	indigenae	indigenīs
accusative	indigenam	indigenās
ablative	indigenā	indigenīs
vocative	indigena	indigenae

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

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”)

Romanian

Etymology

From indigen.

Verb

a indigena (third-person singular present indigenează, past participle indigenat) 1st conjugation

1. to indigenize

Conjugation

    conjugation of indigena (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a indigena
gerund			indigenând
past participle			indigenat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	indigenez	indigenezi	indigenează	indigenăm	indigenați	indigenează
	imperfect	indigenam	indigenai	indigena	indigenam	indigenați	indigenau
	simple perfect	indigenai	indigenași	indigenă	indigenarăm	indigenarăți	indigenară
	pluperfect	indigenasem	indigenaseși	indigenase	indigenaserăm	indigenaserăți	indigenaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să indigenez	să indigenezi	să indigeneze	să indigenăm	să indigenați	să indigeneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		indigenează			indigenați
	negative		nu indigena			nu indigenați

References

• indigena in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN