terrigena Latin · revision 36212

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la terra, la gignō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [tɛrˈrɪ.ɡɛ.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [terˈriː.d͡ʒe.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''terrigena''' (genitive terrigenae); first-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|terra|-gena|t1=earth|t2=born]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) with the second part from [[m|la|gignō|t=to beget, bear]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan derives ⟨terra⟩ from [[itc-pro|*tersā-|t=earth]] and [[ine-pro|*ters-h₂-|t=dry land]], from a root meaning to dry out.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of the first people, born of the earth, whom the cold tormented because they had no skins to wear.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one born of the earth, often used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012) Ovid, Lucan and Statius use it of the Giants and of monsters such as Typhoeus, Python and Antaeus,^(OLD 2012) and Ovid, Seneca and Valerius Flaccus of the warriors sprung from the dragon's teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) A poet quoted by Cicero calls the snail earth-born, and Apuleius uses it of winds that rise from the breath of the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Tertullian has the neuter plural adjective of land animals, and Augustine uses it of earthly creatures.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a mortal, an earth-born creature,^(Stelten 1995) as when Bede contrasts the earth-born with the citizens of heaven.^(DMLBS) Medieval Latin also used it for a native and for a worldling.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the first people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero quotes a poet who calls the snail earth-born.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the Giants and of the men sprung from the dragon's teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of winds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of earthly creatures.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One born of the earth: a [[m|en|giant|alt=Giant]] or monster; a warrior sprung from the dragon's teeth; one of the first people.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # The [[m|en|snail]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A kind of [[m|en|wind]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|mortal]], a human being.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|native]]; a [[m|en|worldling]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|earthborn|alt=Earth-born]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terra]]

+ * [[gignō]]

+ * [[indigena]]

+ * [[caeligena]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}