I. A step-son; a step-daughter (class.): “uxor liberis ex aliā uxore natis noverca dicitur: matris vir ex alio viro natis vitricus appellatur: eorum uterque natos aliunde privignos privignasque vocant,” Dig. 38, 10, 4.
A. Privignus, Sall. C. 15, 2; Cic. Clu. 66, 188; id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 2; Prop. 2, 1, 52; Dig. 38, 10, 7: “PRIVIGNVS MEVS, Monum. Ancyr.: venenum privigno datum,” Juv. 6, 134.—
C. Plur.: “illic matre carentibus Privignis mulier temperat innocens,” step-children, Hor. C. 3, 24, 18; Dig. 23, 2, 34.—
II. Transf., of plants (poet.), adj.: “privignae proles,” Col. 10, 161.