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|lshtext=<b>ingĕnŭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[ingeno]], [[ingigno]].<br /><b>I</b> Native, [[indigenous]], not [[foreign]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: fontes, Lucr. 1, 230: [[tophus]], produced in the [[country]], Juv. 3, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., inborn, [[innate]], [[natural]]: inest in hoc amussitata sua sibi ingenua [[indoles]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 38: [[color]], [[natural]] [[color]], Prop. 1, 4, 13. —<br /><b>II</b> Free-[[born]], [[born]] of [[free]] parents.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[ingenuus]] [[homo]] meant [[formerly]] one [[born]] of a [[certain]] or [[known]] [[father]], [[who]] can [[cite]] his [[father]]: en [[unquam]] fando audistis patricios [[primo]] esse factos, non de [[caelo]] demissos, sed qui patrem ciere possent, id est [[nihil]] [[ultra]] [[quam]] ingenuos, Liv. 10, 8, 10: ingenui clarique parentes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 91; 1, 6, 8.—Esp., subst.: ingĕnŭus, i, m., and ingĕnŭa, ae, f., a [[free]]-[[born]] [[man]] or [[woman]]: ingenui sunt qui [[liberi]] nati sunt; libertini, qui ex justa servitute manumissi sunt, Gai. Inst. 1, 11: [[tutela]] liberantur ingenuae, etc., id. ib. 1, 194; [[but]] this [[word]] differs from [[liber]], inasmuch as the [[latter]] signifies also a [[freedman]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15: ingenuamne an libertinam, id. ib. 3, 1, 189: [[omnis]] ingenuorum adest [[multitudo]], Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15: Patricios [[Cincius]] ait appellari solitos, qui [[nunc]] ingenui vocentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 241 Müll.: libertinos ab ingenuis adoptari posse, Masur. ap. Gell. 5, 19, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Worthy of a freeman, [[noble]], [[upright]], [[frank]], [[candid]], [[ingenuous]] (syn. [[liberalis]]): [[nihil]] apparet in eo ingenuum, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Off. 1, 42: [[timiditas]], id. de Or. 2, 3: [[dolor]], id. Phil. 10, 9, 18: [[vita]], id. Fam. 5, 21, 3: est animi ingenui ([[with]] inf.), id. ib. 2, 6, 2: ingenuis studiis [[atque]] artibus delectari, id. Fin. 5, 18, 48: ([[with]] humanae) artes, id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: ingenui [[vultus]] [[puer]] ingenuique pudoris, Juv. 11, 154: [[amor]], Hor. C. 1, 27, 16: per [[gemitus]] nostros ingenuasque cruces, and by [[such]] sufferings on the [[part]] of a freeman as belong [[only]] to slaves, Mart. 10, 82, 6: [[fastidium]], Cic. Brut. 67: aperte odisse [[magis]] ingenui est, [[quam]], etc., id. Lael. 18, 65: astuta ingenuum [[vulpes]] imitata leonem, Hor. S. 2, 3, 186.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weakly, [[delicate]], [[tender]] ([[free]]-[[born]] persons [[being]] [[less]] inured to hardships [[than]] slaves; [[poet]].): invalidae [[vires]], ingenuaeque mihi, Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 72: [[gula]], Mart. 10, 82, 6.—Hence, adv.: ingĕnŭē, in a [[manner]] [[befitting]] a [[person]] of [[free]] or [[noble]] [[birth]], [[liberally]]; [[openly]], [[frankly]], [[ingenuously]]: [[educatus]], Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38: aperte [[atque]] [[ingenue]] confiteri, id. Fam. 5, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 27, 1: pro suis dicere, Quint. 12, 3, 3.
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|gf=(1) <b>ingĕnŭus</b>,⁹ a, um (in et [[geno]]),<br /><b>1</b> né dans le pays, indigène : Lucr. 1, 230 ; Juv. 3, 20 &#124;&#124; inné, naturel, apporté au monde en naissant : Pl. Mil. 632 ; Prop. 1, 4, 13<br /><b>2</b> né libre [de parents libres], bien né, de bonne famille : [[est]] hominis [[ingenui]] et [[liberaliter]] educati [[velle]]... Cic. Fin. 3, 57, c’[[est]] le fait d’un homme bien né et d’éducation libérale que de vouloir..., cf. 4, 23 ; Br. 261 ; Fl. 84 ; Phil. 3, 31 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 91 ; Liv. 10, 8, 10 &#124;&#124; subst. m., homme libre : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 ; Pis. 67 ; Cat. 4, 15 ; [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 11 &#124;&#124; subst. f., femme libre : Pl. Mil. 784 ; 961 ; [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 194<br /><b>3</b> [[digne]] d’un homme libre, d’un homme bien né, noble : artes ingenuæ Cic. Fin. 3, 4 ; ingenua studia Cic. Fin. 5, 48 ; ingenuæ disciplinæ Cic. Fin. 2, 68, arts libéraux, occupations libérales, études libérales ; [[genus]] jocandi ingenuum Cic. Off. 1, 103, plaisanterie d’un homme bien né, de bon ton, de bonne compagnie, cf. Off. 1, 104 ; Phil. 10, 18 ; Fam. 5, 21, 3 &#124;&#124; [m. pris subst<sup>t</sup>] [[aperte]] odisse [[magis]] [[ingenui]] [[est]] [[quam]], Cic. Læl. 65, il y a [[plus]] de noblesse à haïr ouvertement que<br /><b>4</b> [poét.] faible, délicat : Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 72.||inné, naturel, apporté au monde en naissant : Pl. Mil. 632 ; Prop. 1, 4, 13<br /><b>2</b> né libre [de parents libres], bien né, de bonne famille : [[est]] hominis [[ingenui]] et [[liberaliter]] educati [[velle]]... Cic. Fin. 3, 57, c’[[est]] le fait d’un homme bien né et d’éducation libérale que de vouloir..., cf. 4, 23 ; Br. 261 ; Fl. 84 ; Phil. 3, 31 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 91 ; Liv. 10, 8, 10||subst. m., homme libre : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 ; Pis. 67 ; Cat. 4, 15 ; [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 11||subst. f., femme libre : Pl. Mil. 784 ; 961 ; [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 194<br /><b>3</b> [[digne]] d’un homme libre, d’un homme bien né, noble : artes ingenuæ Cic. Fin. 3, 4 ; ingenua studia Cic. Fin. 5, 48 ; ingenuæ disciplinæ Cic. Fin. 2, 68, arts libéraux, occupations libérales, études libérales ; [[genus]] jocandi ingenuum Cic. Off. 1, 103, plaisanterie d’un homme bien né, de bon ton, de bonne compagnie, cf. Off. 1, 104 ; Phil. 10, 18 ; Fam. 5, 21, 3||[m. pris subst<sup>t</sup>] [[aperte]] odisse [[magis]] [[ingenui]] [[est]] [[quam]], Cic. Læl. 65, il y a [[plus]] de noblesse à haïr ouvertement que<br /><b>4</b> [poét.] faible, délicat : Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 72.
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