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terrigenam

Dictionary entries

  • terrigenus, terrigena, terrigenum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Field:
    Mythology

    = born of earth; (Giants/monsters, from dragon's teeth, first men, snail);

    Entry →
    acc. sg. (f.)
  • terrigena, terrigenae:

    Common · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Mythology

    = one born of the earth; (Giant/monster, from dragon's teeth, first men, snail);

    Entry →
    acc. sg.

Examples

  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Decimus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...aras, hoc ignes fibraeque uolunt, hoc urguet Apollo: terrigenam cuncto patriae pro sanguine poscunt. Fama canit monitus, gaudet..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Sextus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...mirabile pondus, sustulit. Herculeis pressum sic fama lacertis terrigenam sudasse Libyn, cum fraude reperta raptus in excelsum..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Primus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...animos aduertite, pandam. postquam caerulei sinuosa uolumina monstri, terrigenam Pythona, deus, septem orbibus atris amplexum Delphos squamisque annosa..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses V

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...septem discretus in ostia Nilus. huc quoque terrigenam venisse Typhoea narrat et se mentitis superos celasse figuris; "duxque..."

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