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hibrĭda or hybrĭda (ibr- ), ae, comm. most prob. kindred with ὑβρίζω, ὕβρις, qs. unbridled, lawless, unnatural; hence, of animals produced from two different species,
I.a mongrel, hybrid.
I. Lit.: “in nullo genere aeque facilis mixtura cum fero (quam in suibus), qualiter natos antiqui hybridas vocabant ceu semiferos,” Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 213.—
II. Transf., of persons, one born of a Roman father and a foreign mother, or of a freeman and a slave: “ibique postea ex hybridis, libertinis servisque conscripserat, Auct. B. Afr. 19, 4: hybrida quo pacto sit Persius ultus,” Hor. S. 1, 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 19; Mart. 6, 39, 20; 8, 22: “Q. Varius propter obscurum jus civitatis Hibrida cognominatus,” Val. Max. 8, 6, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 19
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 8.22
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 8.6.4
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