alienigenam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alienigenus, alienigena, alienigenum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
different, foreign, alien; of/born in another country; imported, exotic; mixed;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →alienigena, alienigenae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stranger, foreigner, alien; something imported/exotic; foreign-born;
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...concupierant. Haec manus quasi quibusdam sacris initiata ut alienigenam et parum superstitiosum devinctumque illis legibus insequebatur: unde nunc..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...externus metus est: ostende Romana arma et exercitum alienigenam; iam uelut ad commune restinguendum incendium concurrent. aliter iidem..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Interea rex Parthorum Vologaeses, cognitis Corbulonis rebus regemque alienigenam Tigranen Armeniae impositum, simul fratre Tiridate pulso spretum Arsacidarum..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ille non propinquum neque Arsacis de gente, sed alienigenam et Romanum increpans, auribus decisis vivere iubet, ostentui clementiae..."
