native (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. indĭgĕna, ae, c.; vernācŭlus2. germānus (real, genuine)3. gĕnuīnus (rare) • native (adj.): 1. indĭgĕna, ae, c.; vernācŭlus: v. indigenous. 2. germānus (real, genuine): the old, n. Campanians, veteres g.que Campani, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97. 3. gĕnuīnus (rare): n. and home-bred virtues, g. domesticaeque virtutes (opp. to transmarinae atque importatae), Cic. Rep. 2, 15: Gell. (Nativus = natural, as opp. to artificial: e. g., n. salt, nativum sal, Plin. 31, 7, 39 § 77.) Phr.: n. land, patria, Cic. pass.: n. language, patrius sermo, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4: n. place, locus incunabulorum, Suet. Vesp. 2 (= in quo aliquis natus est).