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gentis

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

Found 539 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.109: … eatur. hoc dico, hanc ipsam Cererem antiquissimam, religiosissimam, principem omnium sacrorum quae apud omnis gentis nationesque fiunt, a C. Verre ex suis templis ac sedibus esse sublatam. qui accessistis Hennam, vidistis simu …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 17_18.102.30: … em utilis esse possit. Quamvis enim ipse ereptus sit oculis, tamen Multa viri virtus animo multusque recursat Gentis honos. Cogita, quantum nobis exempla bona prosint: scies magnorum virorum non minus praesentiam esse utilem q …

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.