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gens: all forms

gens means “clan, family line; tribe, people, nation; (pl.) foreign peoples”. Below is its full declension in Latin.

Forms

Forms, singular
Feminine
Nominativegens
Genitivegentis
Dativegenti
Accusativegentem · gentim
Ablativegente · genti
Vocativegens
Locativegente
Forms, plural
Feminine
Nominativegentes
Genitivegentium · gentum
Dativegentibus
Accusativegentes
Ablativegentibus
Vocativegentes
Locativegentibus

Meaning and examples of gens

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.