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Definition gens

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin g?ns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth; production”), from *?enh?- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”) + *-tis (“suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots”). See also gender, generate, gentile, genus.

Noun

gens (plural gentes or genses)

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
2. (anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.

Etymology 2

Clipping of generations.

Noun

gens

1. plural of gen (clipping of generation).

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