terrigenas
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. pl. (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. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...manu. si caelicolis furor arma dedisset 315aut si terrigenae temptarent astra gigantes,non tamen auderet pietas humana..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...culpa resedit. frigus enim nudos sine pellibus excruciabat terrigenas; at nos nil laedit veste carere purpurea atque auro..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Aeetae pecus, hostisque subiti tela, cum iussu meo terrigena miles mutua caede occidit; adice expetita spolia Phrixei arietis..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque effuge raptis velleribus. patrios exstinxi noxia tauros, terrigenas in fata dedi: fusum ecce draconis corpus habes! iamque..."Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tuentem, tum me non tauros iuvet evasisse ferosque terrigenas, tum me tectis tua turbet in ipsis flamma tuaeque..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Tegeaea iacenti, nec prohibent Tyrii. 'pudeat, Cadmea iuuentus, terrigenas mentita patres! quo tenditis,' inquit, 'degeneres? meliusne iacet..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...herba. interea campis, nemoris sacer horror Achaei, terrigena exoritur serpens tractuque soluto inmanem sese uehit ac post terga..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...umbras expirat, nigri cum uana in proelia surgunt terrigenae; fugit incepto tremibundus ab aruo agricola insanique domum rediere..."