Aborigĭnes

, the original inhabitants of Italy; or, according to others, a nation conducted by Saturn into Latium, where they taught the use of letters to Evander the king of the country. Their posterity was called Latini, from Latin us, one of their kings. They a isted Æneas against Turnus. Rome was built in their country.—The word signifies without origin , or whose origin is not known , and is generally applied to the original inhabitants of any country. Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 1 , . — Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 1 , ch. 10 .— Justin , bk. 43 , ch. 1 .— Pliny , bk. 3 , ch. 5 .— Strabo , bk. 5 .