Stelle Aduena, eo quod aliunde adueniat. ...; (Etymologiarum sive Originum libri XX (622 - 633), x.A.15) [4026]

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Text Etymologiarum sive Originum libri XX (622 - 633) Isidore of Seville
Quotation Aduena, eo quod aliunde adueniat. Alienigena, quod alieni generis sit, et non eius ubi est. [Item] Alienigena, qui ex alia gente genitus est, et non ex ea ubi est. Accola, eo quod adueniens terram colat.
Translation Stranger ( advena ), one who ‘comes here’ ( advenire ) from elsewhere. Foreigner ( alienigena ), because one is of a ‘foreign nation’ ( alienum genus ), and not of the nation where one now is. [Again,] alienigena , one who is begotten ( genitus ) from another people ( alia gens ), and not from the people where one now is. 16 . Immigrant ( accola ), because immigrating ( advenire ) one tills ( colere ) the land. (Trans. Barney, Lewis, Beach and Berghof, p. 214)
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