Indigetes
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Indĭgĕtĕs: um, m. <number opt="n">plur.</number> indu-gigno,
I 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.
