terrigenam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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);
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →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);
acc. sg.
Examples

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