A.born in lawful wedlock, ἀλλά με ἶσον ἰθαγενέεσσιν (so most codd. and A.D.Adv.187.24: v.l. ἰθαιγ-) ἐτίμα honoured me like his true-born sons, of a νόθος, Od. l.c., cf. A.R.Fr.12.2 (ἰθαγ- cod.), Alex.Aet.3.2 (ἰθαιγ- cod.).
2. of a nation, from the ancient stock, aboriginal, opp. “ἔπηλυς, ἰ. Αἰγύπτιοι” Hdt.6.53, cf. A.Pers.306; “οὐχ ὑπ᾽ ἰθαγενῶν ἤρχοντο” Str.7.7.8, cf. Agath.2.15,25.
3. ἰ. κύημα, opp. an abortion, Hp.Mul.1.71; of some mouths of the Nile, natural, original, opp. ὀρυκτά, Hdt.2.17; ἰ. νότος, ζέφυρος, genuine, Arist.Mete.364a16,18. (Glossed αὐτόχθων by Hsch., αὐθιγενής by Erot.; originalis, indigena, by Gloss.; perh. ἰθα^-γενής [α_ metri gr.], cf. Skt. ihá, Avest. ιδα (fr. *idhá) 'here'; cf. pr. n. “Ἰθαγένης” Plu.Per.26, Ps.-Hdt.Vit.Hom.1, but “Ἰθαιγένης” IG 12(9).192 (iv B.C.).)