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Indĭgĕtĕs, um, m. plur. [indu-gigno], 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 sing.: Indĭgĕs, ĕtis: Indigetem AeneamDeberi 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.

indĭgĕto or indĭgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1,

  1. I. v. freq. [2. indico], relig. t. t., to call upon, invoke a deity: virgines Vestales ita indigetant, Apollo Medice, Apollo Paean, Macr. S. 1, 17; cf.: indigitanto imprecanto, Paul. ex Fest. p. 114 Müll.: deam, Varr. ap. Non. 4, n. 319.
  2. II. Transf.: precem, to utter, proclaim, Tert. de Jejun. 16.

indĭgĭtāmenta (indĭgĕt-), ōrum, n. plur. [in-digito], religious books containing the names of the gods and prescribing the mode of worshipping them, Censor. 3, 4: Apollinis nomen Pompiliana indigitamenta nescire, Arn. 2, 95; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21: indigitamenta incantamenta vel indicia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 114 Müll.: Grannius Flaccus in libro, quem ad Caesarem de indigitamentis scriptum reiiquit, Censor. 3, 2.