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bĭgĕner

bĭgĕner · adj

descended from two different races

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What it meant

1. bĭgĕner — Lewis & Short

bĭgĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.bis-genus, like degener from de-genus, and bicorpor from bis-corpus,

I descended from two different races, hybrid, mongrel, Paul. ex Fest. p. 33, 14 Müll.: muli et hinni bigeneri atque insiticii, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1.

2. bigener — Walde–Hofmann

bigener, -a, -um „von zwei Geschlechtern abstammend, Bastard* (seit Varro): bis + genus, vgl. gr. bv-vevic. bignae „bis una die natae* Paul. Fest. 33: bis + gignere, vgl. benignus. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bigener, p. 137]

Where it came from

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