gens
Betekenis (Engels)
- (declension-3) Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites)
- (declension-3) stock, tribe
- (declension-3) nation, country
- (declension-3) people, family
- (declension-3) the chief gods
- (Judaism, declension-3) heathen, pagan
Sinonieme
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[ˈɡẽːs]
Etimologie (Engels)
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.
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Oefen om " gens " en baie ander woorde en sinne in Latyn .