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genus is a Latin Noun that primarily means origin.
Noun
origin, kind, type, sort, class
English derivatives:
genus generic genitive gender general generous genuine degenerate genre congenial
Noun
Stock, descent, birth, origin. (b) (w. implication of high or noble descent). (c) (concr.) a family, line. (d) (astrol.) nativity.
Offspring.
Nationality, race, nation. (b) a generation, age, race.
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.
Singular | Plural | |
Nom. | genus | genera |
Gen. | generis | generum |
Dat. | generī | generibus |
Acc. | genus | genera |
Abl. | genere | generibus |
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "genus, generis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 8, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/genus-generis.
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