indĭgĕna, ae, adj. [indu-gigno], 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.