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paelignus

2 paelignus [CL paelex+-nus] , pertaining to birth from a concubine, of illegitimate birth, (as sb. m. f.) bastard, illegitimate child. pelingnus, bastard Teaching Latin II 142; horcop, basterde ‥ pelignus ‥ peligna PP; a bastarde, bastardus, favomii, nothus ex nobili patre, spurius ex nobile matre, pelignus, et dicunt(ur) spurij quasi extra puritatem geniti; tales plerumque matrem pocius quam patrem moribus sequu[n]tur CathA; pelex, pelignus, peligna filius vel filia eius CathA; hic pelinguis, a horcoppe WW.

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