Indĭgĕtĕs, um, m. plur. [indu-gigno],
heroes elevated to the rank of gods after their death , and regarded as the patron deities of their country : patrii Dii sunt, qui praesunt singulis civitatibus, ut Minerva Athenis, Juno Carthagini: Indigetes autem proprie sunt Dii ex hominibus facti, quasi in Diis agentes, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 498: Dii Indigetes (in old prayer), Liv. 8, 9, 6.— Transf., of deified emperors, Arn. 1, 64. — In sing.: Indĭgĕs , ĕtis: Indigetem Aeneam ... Deberi caelo, Verg. A. 12, 794: deus, Tib. 2, 5, 43: pater, Sol. 2, 15: Juppiter, Liv. 1, 2, 6; Gell. 2, 16, 9; in the form INDIGENS, of Aeneas , Inscr. Pompej. ap. Bull. Arch. Nap. 1845, p. 35: Indigetes dii, quorum nomina vulgari non licet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 106 Müll.