noun

Aurĭgĕna

gen. Aurĭgĕnae · gender common · decl. 1st

aurum-gigno

sprung; produced from gold; gold-begotten poetic •

sprung or produced from gold, gold-begotten; poet. epithet of Perseus, as son of Danaë by Jupiter transformed into a shower of gold, Ov. M. 5, 250; Sid. Carm. 6, 14 (cf. χρυσόπατρος, Lycophr. 838).

Perseus ID: n4566 Key: Aurigena