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|lshtext=<b>Indĭgĕtĕs</b>: um, m. plur. [[indu]]-[[gigno]],<br /><b>I</b> heroes [[elevated]] to the [[rank]] of gods [[after]] [[their]] [[death]], and regarded as the [[patron]] deities of [[their]] [[country]]: patrii Dii sunt, qui praesunt singulis civitatibus, ut [[Minerva]] Athenis, [[Juno]] Carthagini: [[Indigetes]] [[autem]] [[proprie]] sunt Dii ex hominibus facti, [[quasi]] in Diis agentes, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 498: Dii [[Indigetes]] (in old [[prayer]]), Liv. 8, 9, 6.— Transf., of deified emperors, Arn. 1, 64. — In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: Indĭgĕs, ĕtis: Indigetem Aeneam ... Deberi [[caelo]], Verg. A. 12, 794: [[deus]], Tib. 2, 5, 43: [[pater]], Sol. 2, 15: [[Juppiter]], Liv. 1, 2, 6; Gell. 2, 16, 9; in the form INDIGENS, of Æneas, Inscr. Pompej. ap. Bull. Arch. Nap. 1845, p. 35: [[Indigetes]] dii, quorum nomina vulgari non [[licet]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 106 Müll.
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