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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "genticus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gentīlicius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gentīlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gentīlitius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gentīlitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ingēns"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "gintã"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: gintã",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "unusual"
},
"expansion": "(unusual)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: gintã (unusual)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "gint"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: gint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: gint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "ziant",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "ziant",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "ziant"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Italian: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: gente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "gente",
"3": "genti",
"4": "tzente",
"5": "zente",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sardinian: gente, genti, tzente, zente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sardinian: gente, genti, tzente, zente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: gente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "genti"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: genti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: genti"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "W. Romance of N. Italy:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "int"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: int",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: int"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "zento"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: zento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: zento"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lad",
"2": "djente"
},
"expansion": "Ladino: djente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladino: djente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "dente",
"3": "xente",
"4": "zente"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: dente, xente, zente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: dente, xente, zente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: gent"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: gent"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Old French: gent\nFrench: gens m pl\nNorman: gens m pl\nWalloon: djin m pl",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: gent\nFrench: gens m pl\nNorman: gens m pl\nWalloon: djin m pl"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: gent"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "xente"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: xente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: xente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "xente"
},
"expansion": "Galician: xente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: xente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: gente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "yente"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: yente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: yente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: gente",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "latin influence"
},
"expansion": "(latin influence)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: gente (latin influence)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "gjinde",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: gjinde",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: gjinde"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "jende",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Basque: jende",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Basque: jende"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "gintă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: gintă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: gintă"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gens",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: gens",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "genticide",
"der": "1",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ genticide",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: gens, ⇒ genticide"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵenh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*gentis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *gentis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵénh₁tis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*ǵenh₁-",
"t": "to produce, to beget, to give birth"
},
"expansion": "*ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "generō"
},
"expansion": "generō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "genus"
},
"expansion": "genus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "gignō"
},
"expansion": "gignō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kind"
},
"expansion": "English kind",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "जाति"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit जाति (jāti)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γένος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γένος (génos)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γένεσις"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "genesis"
},
"expansion": "English genesis",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”).\nSee also generō, genus, gignō. Cognate with English kind, Sanskrit जाति (jāti), Ancient Greek γένος (génos) and Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), whence English genesis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gēns",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "gentis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "gēns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gente",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gēns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gēns<3.I>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "gēns f (genitive gentis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gēns<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "38 8 1 39 8 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 9 1 30 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 19 7 8 14 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 15 1 19 4 5",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Onomastics",
"orig": "la:Onomastics",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Names",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-Ei2ug2je",
"links": [
[
"clan",
"clan"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stock, tribe"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-xHaC6eDY",
"links": [
[
"stock",
"stock"
],
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.599–600",
"text": "Sī petat ā victīs, tot sūmat nōmina Caesar,\nquot numerō gentēs maximus orbis habet.\nWere Caesar to seek his names from the conquered,\nhe would have to assume as many in number as the vast world contains nations.\n1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 38."
}
],
"glosses": [
"nation, country"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-oDWdOweK",
"links": [
[
"nation",
"nation"
],
[
"country",
"country"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "38 8 1 39 8 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 21 2 37 4 7",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Collectives",
"orig": "la:Collectives",
"parents": [
"Miscellaneous",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 19 0 33 11 18",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "la:Family",
"parents": [
"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"people, family"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-1uEZ6y4z",
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"family",
"family"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tribus"
},
{
"word": "prōlēs"
},
{
"word": "prōgeniēs"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the chief gods"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-fNb3qqNe",
"links": [
[
"god",
"god"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Bible",
"orig": "la:Bible",
"parents": [
"Books",
"Christianity",
"Judaism",
"Literature",
"Mass media",
"Abrahamism",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"Religion",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "la:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Judaism",
"orig": "la:Judaism",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"heathen, pagan"
],
"id": "en-gens-la-noun-RffbpSNP",
"links": [
[
"biblical",
"Bible"
],
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Judaism",
"Judaism"
],
[
"heathen",
"heathen"
],
[
"pagan",
"pagan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biblical, Christianity, Judaism) heathen, pagan"
],
"tags": [
"Judaism",
"declension-3"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity",
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡens/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡẽːs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒens/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d͡ʒɛns]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Vladimir Orel"
],
"word": "gens"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 1-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"la:Collectives",
"la:Family",
"la:Onomastics"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "genticus"
},
{
"word": "gentīlicius"
},
{
"word": "gentīlis"
},
{
"word": "gentīlitius"
},
{
"word": "gentīlitās"
},
{
"word": "ingēns"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "gintã"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: gintã",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "unusual"
},
"expansion": "(unusual)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: gintã (unusual)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "gint"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: gint",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: gint"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "ziant",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "ziant",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "ziant"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Italian: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: gente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "gente",
"3": "genti",
"4": "tzente",
"5": "zente",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sardinian: gente, genti, tzente, zente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sardinian: gente, genti, tzente, zente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: gente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "genti"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: genti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: genti"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "W. Romance of N. Italy:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "int"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: int",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: int"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "zento"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: zento",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: zento"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lad",
"2": "djente"
},
"expansion": "Ladino: djente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladino: djente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "dente",
"3": "xente",
"4": "zente"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: dente, xente, zente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: dente, xente, zente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: gent"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: gent"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Old French: gent\nFrench: gens m pl\nNorman: gens m pl\nWalloon: djin m pl",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: gent\nFrench: gens m pl\nNorman: gens m pl\nWalloon: djin m pl"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "gent"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: gent",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: gent"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "xente"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: xente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: xente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "xente"
},
"expansion": "Galician: xente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: xente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: gente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: gente"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "yente"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: yente",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: yente"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "gente"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: gente",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "latin influence"
},
"expansion": "(latin influence)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: gente (latin influence)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "gjinde",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: gjinde",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: gjinde"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "jende",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Basque: jende",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Basque: jende"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "gintă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: gintă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: gintă"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gens",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: gens",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "genticide",
"der": "1",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ genticide",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: gens, ⇒ genticide"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵenh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*gentis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *gentis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵénh₁tis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*ǵenh₁-",
"t": "to produce, to beget, to give birth"
},
"expansion": "*ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "generō"
},
"expansion": "generō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "genus"
},
"expansion": "genus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "gignō"
},
"expansion": "gignō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kind"
},
"expansion": "English kind",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "जाति"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit जाति (jāti)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γένος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γένος (génos)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γένεσις"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "genesis"
},
"expansion": "English genesis",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”).\nSee also generō, genus, gignō. Cognate with English kind, Sanskrit जाति (jāti), Ancient Greek γένος (génos) and Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), whence English genesis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gēns",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "gentis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "gēns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gentīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gente",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gentibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gēns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "gentēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gēns<3.I>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "gēns f (genitive gentis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gēns<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)"
],
"links": [
[
"clan",
"clan"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stock, tribe"
],
"links": [
[
"stock",
"stock"
],
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.599–600",
"text": "Sī petat ā victīs, tot sūmat nōmina Caesar,\nquot numerō gentēs maximus orbis habet.\nWere Caesar to seek his names from the conquered,\nhe would have to assume as many in number as the vast world contains nations.\n1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 38."
}
],
"glosses": [
"nation, country"
],
"links": [
[
"nation",
"nation"
],
[
"country",
"country"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"people, family"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"family",
"family"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tribus"
},
{
"word": "prōlēs"
},
{
"word": "prōgeniēs"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the chief gods"
],
"links": [
[
"god",
"god"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Bible",
"la:Christianity",
"la:Judaism"
],
"glosses": [
"heathen, pagan"
],
"links": [
[
"biblical",
"Bible"
],
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Judaism",
"Judaism"
],
[
"heathen",
"heathen"
],
[
"pagan",
"pagan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biblical, Christianity, Judaism) heathen, pagan"
],
"tags": [
"Judaism",
"declension-3"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity",
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡens/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡẽːs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒens/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d͡ʒɛns]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Vladimir Orel"
],
"word": "gens"
}
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