"gens" meaning in Latin

See gens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡens/ [Classical-Latin], [ɡẽːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /d͡ʒens/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d͡ʒɛns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). See also generō, genus, gignō. Cognate with English kind, Sanskrit जाति (jāti), Ancient Greek γένος (génos) and Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), whence English genesis. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*gentis}} Proto-Italic *gentis, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵénh₁tis}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, {{cog|en|kind}} English kind, {{cog|sa|जाति}} Sanskrit जाति (jāti), {{cog|grc|γένος}} Ancient Greek γένος (génos), {{cog|grc|γένεσις}} Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), {{cog|en|genesis}} English genesis Head templates: {{la-noun|gēns<3.I>|g=f}} gēns f (genitive gentis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gēns<3.I>}} Forms: gēns [canonical, feminine], gentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gēns [nominative, singular], gentēs [nominative, plural], gentis [genitive, singular], gentium [genitive, plural], gentī [dative, singular], gentibus [dative, plural], gentem [accusative, singular], gentēs [accusative, plural], gentīs [accusative, plural], gente [ablative, singular], gentibus [ablative, plural], gēns [singular, vocative], gentēs [plural, vocative]
  1. Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Collectives, Family, Onomastics
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-Ei2ug2je Disambiguation of Collectives: 36 17 2 37 2 7 Disambiguation of Family: 35 18 0 30 0 16 Disambiguation of Onomastics: 71 8 1 14 2 4 Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 1 8 9 2 16 14 16 7 12 3 1 8 2 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 58 5 1 27 2 8 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 43 18 7 8 12 12
  2. stock, tribe Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Collectives, Family
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-xHaC6eDY Disambiguation of Collectives: 36 17 2 37 2 7 Disambiguation of Family: 35 18 0 30 0 16
  3. nation, country Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-oDWdOweK
  4. people, family Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Collectives, Family Synonyms: tribus, prōlēs, prōgeniēs
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-1uEZ6y4z Disambiguation of Collectives: 36 17 2 37 2 7 Disambiguation of Family: 35 18 0 30 0 16 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 11 13 1 15 14 17 4 9 2 0 10 1 1
  5. the chief gods Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-fNb3qqNe
  6. (biblical, Christianity, Judaism) heathen, pagan Tags: Judaism, declension-3 Categories (topical): Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Family
    Sense id: en-gens-la-noun-RffbpSNP Disambiguation of Family: 35 18 0 30 0 16 Topics: Christianity, biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: genticus, gentīlicius, gentīlis, gentīlitās, gentīlitius, ingēns
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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": "gentīlitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gentīlitius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ingēns"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "gintã<qq:unusual>"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: gintã (unusual)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "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": "itk",
            "2": "יֵינְטַה",
            "tr": "yenəṭa",
            "ts": "jenta"
          },
          "expansion": "Judeo-Italian: יֵינְטַה (yenəṭa /⁠jenta⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Judeo-Italian: יֵינְטַה (yenəṭa /⁠jenta⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "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": "vec",
            "2": "dente",
            "3": "xente",
            "4": "zente"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: dente, xente, zente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: 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": "frp",
            "2": "gens"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: gens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: gens"
    },
    {
      "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": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gent"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "gent"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: gent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: gent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "chent"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: chent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: chent"
    },
    {
      "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-leo",
            "2": "xente"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: xente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: xente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "giente"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: giente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: giente"
    },
    {
      "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": "lad",
            "2": "djente"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: djente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: djente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gente<qq:latin influence>"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gente (latin influence)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "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": "1 8 9 2 16 14 16 7 12 3 1 8 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 5 1 27 2 8",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 18 7 8 12 12",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 17 2 37 2 7",
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          "orig": "la:Collectives",
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 18 0 30 0 16",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis": "71 8 1 14 2 4",
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            "All topics",
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            "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 17 2 37 2 7",
          "kind": "topical",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 18 0 30 0 16",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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."
        }
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        "nation, country"
      ],
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        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
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        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3"
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "1 11 13 1 15 14 17 4 9 2 0 10 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Miscellaneous",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 18 0 30 0 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        "people, family"
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        [
          "people",
          "people"
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          "family",
          "family"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "tribus"
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        {
          "word": "prōlēs"
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        {
          "word": "prōgeniēs"
        }
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        "declension-3"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "the chief gods"
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      "id": "en-gens-la-noun-fNb3qqNe",
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
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        "declension-3"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Bible",
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            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "la:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 18 0 30 0 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "la:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "biblical",
          "Bible"
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        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "heathen",
          "heathen"
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        [
          "pagan",
          "pagan"
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        "Judaism",
        "declension-3"
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        "Christianity",
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡens/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡẽːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 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",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Collectives",
    "la:Family",
    "la:Onomastics"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "genticus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentīlicius"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentīlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentīlitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "gentīlitius"
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    {
      "word": "ingēns"
    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "gintã<qq:unusual>"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: gintã (unusual)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "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": "itk",
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            "tr": "yenəṭa",
            "ts": "jenta"
          },
          "expansion": "Judeo-Italian: יֵינְטַה (yenəṭa /⁠jenta⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Judeo-Italian: יֵינְטַה (yenəṭa /⁠jenta⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "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"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "dente",
            "3": "xente",
            "4": "zente"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: dente, xente, zente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: 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": "frp",
            "2": "gens"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: gens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: gens"
    },
    {
      "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": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gent"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "gent"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: gent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: gent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "chent"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: chent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: chent"
    },
    {
      "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-leo",
            "2": "xente"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: xente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: xente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "giente"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: giente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: giente"
    },
    {
      "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"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "djente"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: djente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gente<qq:latin influence>"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gente (latin influence)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gente (latin influence)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "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"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*gentis"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵénh₁tis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kind"
      },
      "expansion": "English kind",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जाति"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जाति (jāti)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γένος"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "genesis"
      },
      "expansion": "English genesis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "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.",
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      "form": "gēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    {
      "form": "gentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "gentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "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"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "f"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gēns<3.I>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "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": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stock",
          "stock"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
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        {
          "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-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡẽːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒens/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɛns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Vladimir Orel"
  ],
  "word": "gens"
}

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