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in-gigno, gĕnŭi, gĕnĭtum, 3, v. a., to instil by birth or nature, to implant, engender.

  1. I. Lit.: herbasque nocentes rupibus ingenuit tellus, Luc. 6, 439: vites ingenita sterilitate, Col. 3, 7, 3.
  2. II. Trop.: natura cupiditatem nomini ingenuit, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 46: tantam ingenuit animantibus conservandi sui natura custodiam, id. N. D. 2, 48, 124: vitia ingenita, inborn, Suet. Ner. 1: cum sic hominis natura generata sit, ut habeat quiddam ingenitum quasi civile atque populare, innate, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 66.