indigenus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *endogenos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó + *ǵénh₁os. Equivalent to indu- (“inside”) +‎ -genus (“born, begotten or sprung from”). See also ingenuus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ɡe.nus/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪɡɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.nus/, [in̪ˈd̪iːd͡ʒenus]

Adjective

indigenus (feminine indigena, neuter indigenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. native, indigenous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indigenus	indigena	indigenum		indigenī	indigenae	indigena
Genitive	indigenī	indigenae	indigenī		indigenōrum	indigenārum	indigenōrum
Dative	indigenō		indigenō		indigenīs
Accusative	indigenum	indigenam	indigenum		indigenōs	indigenās	indigena
Ablative	indigenō	indigenā	indigenō		indigenīs
Vocative	indigene	indigena	indigenum		indigenī	indigenae	indigena

Noun

indigenus m (genitive indigenī); second declension

1. native, denizen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indigenus	indigenī
Genitive	indigenī	indigenōrum
Dative	indigenō	indigenīs
Accusative	indigenum	indigenōs
Ablative	indigenō	indigenīs
Vocative	indigene	indigenī

References

• “indigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indigenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.