gens

Etymology 1


Borrowed from, from , from , from +. . See also, , , ; also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
 * 2)  A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
 * 3)  A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.undefined
 * 1)  A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
 * 2)  A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.undefined
 * 1)  A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.undefined
 * 1)  A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.undefined
 * 1)  A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.undefined

Usage notes
Regarding sense 1 (“historical Roman unit of society”), the concept is close to and often translated as, but the two are not identical. The alternative is also sometimes used, but the 🇨🇬 has a separate meaning.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: gens
 * Japanese: ゲンス
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: gens
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: gens

Etymology 1
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Adverb

 * 1)  at all
 * 2)  not any
 * 3)  any
 * 1)  any
 * 1)  any

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) people

Etymology
From an earlier, from the plural of , , from , accusative of.

Noun

 * 1) set of people

Usage notes

 * When gens is preceded by an attributive adjective which has a different feminine form, this adjective, along with any preceding determiner, is made feminine. However, adjectives after the noun remain masculine.
 * Toutes les bonnes gens heureux
 * Tous ces honnêtes gens

Etymology
From, from , from root.

See also, ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
 * 2) stock, tribe
 * 3) nation, country
 * 4) people, family
 * 5) the chief gods
 * 6)  heathen, pagan
 * 1) the chief gods
 * 2)  heathen, pagan

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
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 * W. Romance of N. Italy:
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 * Ibero-Romance:
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Etymology
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1)  people

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)   in Ancient Rome, a group of people descending from a common ancestor