"geni" meaning in Latin

See geni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈɡɛ.niː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: genī [canonical]
Etymology: A corruption of γένειον (the correct genitive form would be genīī. It isn't considered standard in the modern anatomical nomenclature and should be replaced by mentālis. Head templates: {{la-adj|genī|indecl=1}} genī (indeclinable)
  1. (New Latin, nonstandard, depracated) chin Tags: New-Latin, indeclinable, nonstandard Synonyms: mentālis
    Sense id: en-geni-la-adj-S-63LeWL Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ˈɡɛ.niː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: genī [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=genī}} genī
  1. vocative singular of genius Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: genius
    Sense id: en-geni-la-noun-lkrvywsA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Latin terms in nonstandard scripts: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for geni meaning in Latin (2.2kB)

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