gens
A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through…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.
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значень: 3(Ancient Rome, історичне)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
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A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line; clan.
A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.
- family based on male descent
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Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-InBorrowed 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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