Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 760.genus on page 760
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genus origin
genus is a Latin Noun that primarily means origin.
Definitions for genus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
origin, kind, type, sort, class
English derivatives:
genus generic genitive gender general generous genuine degenerate genre congenial
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Stock, descent, birth, origin. (b) (w. implication of high or noble descent). (c) (concr.) a family, line. (d) (astrol.) nativity.
- 2
Offspring.
- 3
Nationality, race, nation. (b) a generation, age, race.
Sentences with genus
Latin to English
Servitūs omnis generis per tōtum mundum opprimenda est.Compare Slavery of every sort must be checked throughout the whole world.
Sī quis vīnō eius generis ūtī audeat, celeriter moriātur.Compare If anyone should dare to use wine of that sort, he would quickly die.
Quot oratio genus sum dico, totidem orator reperio.Compare Just as many kinds of orators are found, as we have said that there are kinds of oratory.
Declension table for genus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | genus | genera |
| Gen. | generis | generum |
| Dat. | generī | generibus |
| Acc. | genus | genera |
| Abl. | genere | generibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 760.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "genus, generis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/genus-generis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.genus, generis on page 119
