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genas

genas is a Latin form of gena, meaning “cheek (usually pl. genae)”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 150 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.26: … ne patris ipsius luce indignum putas? Refúgere oculi, córpus macie extábuit, Lacrimaé peredere úmore exanguís genas, Situm ínter oris bárba paedore hórrida atque Intónsa infuscat péctus inluvié scabrum. haec mala, o stultissi …

All forms of gena (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.