nūbĭgĕna, ae, comm. [nubes-gigno], cloud-born, born of clouds or of a cloud (poet.).
I In gen.: amnes, Stat. Th. 1, 365: nimbi, Prud. Hamart. 486: clipei, the Ancilia (so called because they fell from the sky), Stat. S. 5, 2, 131.—
II In partic.
A The Centaurs , whom Ixion begot of a cloud, Stat. Th. 5, 263; Ov. M. 12, 211; 541; cf. Hyg. Fab. 62.—
B Phrixus , as the son of Nephele: Phrixus nubigena, Col. poët. 10, 115.