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gentem

gentem is a Latin form of gens, meaning “clan, family line; tribe, people, nation; (pl.) foreign peoples”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 222 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.115: … prudentia. Minucius quidam mortuus est ante istum praetorem; eius testamentum erat nullum; lege hereditas ad gentem Minuciam veniebat. si habuisset iste edictum, quod ante istum et postea omnes habuerunt, possessio Minuciae g …

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 1.1: Gentem Octauiam Velitris praecipuam olim fuisse multa declarant. nam et uicus celeberrima parte oppidi iam pridem Oc …

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 17.21.45.2: Íintulitntulit se béllicosam in Rómuli gentém feram.

All forms of gens (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.