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in-gĕnĕro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. To implant, engender, produce.
A. Lit.: “natura ingenerat amorem in eos qui, etc.,Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: homini soli cupiditas ingeneratur, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 123, 5: “non ingenerantur hominibus mores,id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “ingenerata familiae frugalitas,id. Sest. 9, 21: “haec astro ingenerata,id. Div. 2, 46, 96.—
B. Transf., to generate, create: “animum esse ingeneratum a Deo,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24: “societas quam ingeneravit natura,Liv. 5, 27, 6.—
II. Transf., to plant.Absol.: ingenera; “nunc sunt genitalia tempora mundi (sc. tellurem),Col. 10, 196.
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 27.6
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.8
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.4
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