verb transitive

in-gĕnĕro

2nd PP in-gĕnĕrāre · 3rd PP in-gĕnĕrāvi · 4th PP in-gĕnĕrātum · conj. 1st

To implant; engender; produce

To implant, engender, produce.

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Lit.: natura ingenerat amorem in eos qui, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: homini soli cupiditas ingeneratur, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 123, 5: non ingenerantur hominibus mores, id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: ingenerata familiae frugalitas, id. Sest. 9, 21: haec astro ingenerata, id. Div. 2, 46, 96.—

to generate; create by extension •

Transf., to generate, create: animum esse ingeneratum a Deo, Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24: societas quam ingeneravit natura, Liv. 5, 27, 6.—

to plant by extension •

Transf., to plant.— Absol.: ingenera; nunc sunt genitalia tempora mundi (sc. tellurem), Col. 10, 196.

Perseus ID: n23346 Key: ingenero