gens
IPA: dʒˈɛnz
noun
- (Ancient Rome, historical) 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.
- (anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
- (zoology) A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.^([W])
- A surname from German.
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Examples of "gens" in Sentences
- Branches and cognomina of the gens.
- The Viscellini were the only patrician family of the gens.
- 'Cicurinus' was the cognomen of a patrician family of the gens.
- Fabiola belonged to the patrician Roman family of the gens Fabia.
- The word gens is feminine, and the name of a gens was also feminine.
- The word 'gens' is feminine, and the name of a gens was also feminine.
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