Значение

значений: 3
  1. (Ancient Rome, историческое)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.

    Gens

    родrod

  2. A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line; clan.

  3. A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.

Ещё определения
  • family based on male descent

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Происхождение

Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-In

Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”) + *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of kind, genesis, and jati. See also gender, generate, gentile, genus; also Latin gigno (“to bring forth”).

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Формы

мн. число: gentes / genses
Ед. числоgens
Мн. числоgentes / genses

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 3
Roman unit of society:clanC1tribeB2
Близкие по смыслу
  • family based on male descent:name

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 3
Производныеgenticidegentilesubgens

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