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offspring race

  • 1 angkan

    offspring, race, kindred, descendant, clan, family

    Tagalog-English dictionary > angkan

  • 2 lahì

    offspring, race, descendant, descent (1), castle

    Tagalog-English dictionary > lahì

  • 3 род

    (произход) birth, origin, stock
    от стар род of an old family
    от добър род of a good family, of good stock
    родът ми е от my family comes from
    човек от род a man of birth
    2. (племе) tribe
    3. биол. genus (pl. genera, genuses)
    човешкият род mankind, humanity, the human race, our species
    4. (вид) sort, kind. type
    нещо от тоя род (s)s.th. of the sort/kind
    своего род a a sort/kind (of)
    род оръжие an arm of the service, a branch of the military service/the army
    5. грам. gender
    6. вж. родитба
    * * *
    м., - ове и -овѐ, (два) ро̀да 1. ( семейство) family; ( роднини) extended family; kin; ( група роднински семейства) clan; ( произход) birth, origin, stock; най-близки по \род next of kin; от добър \род of a good family, of good stock; от стар \род of an old family; човек от \рода man of birth;
    2. ( поколение) generation;
    3. ( племе) tribe;
    4. биол. genus, pl. genera, genuses; човешкият \род mankind, humanity, the human race, our species;
    5. ( вид) sort, kind, type; или нещо от тоя \род or the like; нещо от тоя \род s.th. of the sort/kind; първи по \рода си first-ever; \род оръжие an arm of the service, a branch of the military service/the army;
    6. език. gender.
    * * *
    family (семейство); gender (грам.); kin (роднини); breed (клан); description; generation; sort{sO;t} (вид.); kind: I have never done a job of that род - Никога не съм вършила работа от такъв род; kindred; offspring; race{reis}: the human род - човешкият род; strain (племе)
    * * *
    1. (вид) sort, kind. type 2. (група роднински семейства) clan 3. (племе) tribe 4. (произход) birth, origin, stock 5. (роднини) kin 6. (семейство) family 7. РОД оръжие an arm of the service, a branch of the military service/the army 8. РОД(поколение) generation 9. РОДът ми е от my family comes from 10. биол. genus (рl. genera, genuses) 11. вж. родитба 12. грам. gender 13. или нещо от тоя РОД or the like 14. най-близки пo РОД next of kin 15. нещо от тоя РОДs.th. of the sort/kind 16. от добър РОД of a good family, of good stock 17. от стар РОД of an old family 18. своего РОД a a sort/kind (of) 19. човек от РОД a man of birth 20. човешкият РОД mankind, humanity, the human race, our species

    Български-английски речник > род

  • 4 བརྒྱུད་

    [brgyud]
    transmission, family, lineage, ancestors, offspring, race, people, nation, tantras, mystic manuals, name of collection of tantras in bstan 'gyur, -> ring brgyud

    Tibetan-English dictionary > བརྒྱུད་

  • 5 potomstvo

    * * *
    • brood
    • seed
    • descendants
    • descent
    • posterity
    • progeny
    • offspring
    • race

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > potomstvo

  • 6 gineal

    nm. g.v. -eil; pl.+an, offspring, race, breed

    Gaelic-English dictionary > gineal

  • 7 γόνος

    γόνος ( γόνον: nom. contra metr. O. 9.76)
    1 offsping only
    a son of gods and heroes. κλέπτοισα θεοῖο γόνον Iamos O. 6.36 [ Θέτιοςγόνος codd. contra met. O. 9.76]

    τέκεν γόνον ὑπερφίαλον· Κένταυρον P. 2.42

    Χίρωνα γόνον εὐρυμέδοντα Κρόνου P. 3.4

    ἐξαίρετον γόνον ἰδὼν κάλλιστον ἀνδρῶν Jason P. 4.123 γόνον τέ οἱ φέρτατον ἀτίταλλεν Achilles N. 3.57 πεπρωμένον ἦν φέρτερον πατέρος ἄνακτα γόνον τεκεῖν (Ahlwardt: γόνον ἄν. πατ. codd.) I. 8.33 τᾶς ὁ κράτιστος ἐράσσατο μιχθεὶς τοξοφόρον τελέσαι γόνον[ Apollo Πα. 7B. 52. γόνον ὑπάτων μὲν πατέρων μελπόμενοι γυναικῶν τε Καδμειᾶν Dionysos fr. 75. 11.
    b collectively, offspring race

    ἄτερ δεὐνᾶς ὁμόδαμον κτισσάσθαν λίθινον γόνον O. 9.45

    Lexicon to Pindar > γόνος

  • 8 prōlēs

        prōlēs is, f    [pro+1 OL-], a growth, offshoot, offspring, progeny, children, descendants, race, posterity: futurorum hominum: gemella, O.: di Romulae genti date prolem, H.: pulchra, V.: ferrea, the iron race, C. poët.: argentea, O.: Dic mihi, Teucrorum proles, Iu.: escā replevit (feles) prolem suam, Ph.: maris inmensi proles, V.: olivae, i. e. the fruit, V.—Of one person, a son, child, offspring, descendant: Ulixi, i. e. Telemachus, H.: Apollinea, i. e. Æsculapius, O.: deūm certissima, V.— Youth, young men: equitum peditumque: Arcadiae, V.
    * * *
    offspring, descendant; that springs by birth/descent; generation; race, breed

    Latin-English dictionary > prōlēs

  • 9 संतान


    saṉ-tāná
    m. (ifc. f. ā) continued succession, continuance, continuity. MBh. Kāv. etc.;

    an uninterrupted series, continuous flow Kālid. ;
    ramification Suṡr. ;
    a sinew orﾠ ligature (of an animal) TS. ;
    coherence, connection, transition (in recitation etc.) ṠrS. TUp. ;
    a continuous train of thought Sarvad. ;
    = saṉdhi Kām. ;
    one of the five trees of Indra's heaven, the Kalpa tree orﾠ its flower Hariv. ;
    N. of a son of Rudra MārkP. ;
    of a place Cat. ;
    (pl.) N. of a partic. class of worlds R. ;
    m. n. continuous succession, lineage, race, family, offspring, son orﾠ daughter Nir. Mn. MBh. etc.;
    n. a partic. mythical weapon R. ;
    - karman n. the act of producing offspring Nir. ;
    - kartṛi m. a producer of offspring ib. ;
    - gaṇa-pati m. a form of Gaṇêṡa (worshipped to obtain progeny) W. ;
    - go-pāla m. a form of Kṛishṇa (worshipped to obtain progeny, alsoﾠ N. of a Kāvya) Cat. ;
    (- la-vidhi. m. N. of wk.);
    - ja mfn. sprung from the race of (gen.;
    with suta m. = « the son of») Hariv. ;
    - dīpikā f. - prada-sūrya-stotra n. - rāma-stotra n. N. of wks.;
    - vat mfn. possessing offspring MBh. ;
    vardhana mfn. propagating a family Yājñ. ;
    -vivekâ̱vali f. - saṉhitā f. N. of wks.;
    - saṉdhi m. a peace cemented by family alliance (by giving a daughter in marriage etc.) Kām. Hit. ;
    -nâ̱rtham ind. for the sake of (begetting) progeny Mn. III, 96

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > संतान

  • 10 genus

        genus eris, n    [GEN-], a race, stock, family, birth, descent, origin: haec Indigna genere nostro, T.: nobili genere nati: amplissimo genere natus, Cs.: generis socia, sister, O.: genere primus: patricium, L.: genus unde Atii duxere, V.: fortuna non mutat genus, H.: plebei generis, L.— Adverb. acc.: Qui genus (estis)? Of what race? V.— Birth, noble birth, high descent: propter genus rem p. tenere: Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior algā est, H.: iactare genus, H.: Cui genus et nomen fuissent, V.: generis praemium, L.— A race, line, descendants, posterity: liberorum ex te, Enn. ap. C.: Tantali, H.: neglectum, i. e. the Romans, H.— A descendant, child, son, offspring: deorum, V.: audex Iapeti, Prometheus, H.: ab alto Demissum Aeneā, i. e. Octavianus, H.— A race, stock, class, sort, species, genus, kind, rank, order, division: humanum: hominum, S.: omnes mortales omnium generum: inter id genus, plebeians, L.: Romanum: Macedonum, L.: qui (conventus) ex variis generibus constaret, Cs.: iudicum genus et forma: inritabile vatum, H.: hominum virile, sex: Femineum, sex, V.: <*>onsulare, rank: militare, order, L.: eorum hominum... genera sunt duo, Cs.—Of animals, a kind, class, sort, species: altivolantum, birds, Enn. ap. C.: piscium, H.: malefici generis animalia, S.: Diversum confusa genus panthera camelo, H.: varia genera bestiarum.— Of things, a kind, sort, description, class, order, character, division: omnia in suo quaeque genere: naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae, Cs.: cibi, Cs.: omne commeatūs, L.: triplex rerum p.: dulce orationis: dicendi: praeda omnis generis, L.: poenae novom, S.: leti, O.: Aesopi, manner, Ph.: genera civitatum: machinae omnium generum, S.: nugae Hoc genus (i. e. huius generis), H.: aliquid id genus scribere: quod genus virtus est: te cottidie in omni genere desiderem, in every way: domus in omni genere diligens: in aliquo genere, in any respect whatever.—In philosophy, a general term, logical genus: formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles.
    * * *
    birth/descent/origin; race/family/house/stock/ancestry; offspring/descent; noble birth; kind/sort/variety; class/rank; mode/method/style/fashion/way

    Latin-English dictionary > genus

  • 11 γένος

    A race, stock, kin,

    ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ' ἴα πάτρη Il.13.354

    ;

    αἷμά τε καὶ γ. Od.8.583

    ;

    ὑμετέρου δ' οὐκ ἔστι γένεος βασιλεύτερον 15.533

    ;

    γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν Il.6.209

    ;

    γ. ἀπόλωλε τοκήων Od.4.62

    ;

    ὅθι τοι γένος ἐστὶ καὶ αὐτῇ 6.35

    : freq. abs. in acc., ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί from Ithaca I am by race, 15.267, cf. Il. 5.544, 896, S.Ph. 239, etc.; in [dialect] Att. freq. with the Art.,

    ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ

     ;

    Ar. Pax 186

    , cf. Pl.Sph. 216a: so in dat.,

    γένει πολῖται D.23.24

    ; γένει υἱός, opp. an adopted son, Id.44.2; οἱ ἐν γένει, = συγγενεῖς, S.OT 1430;

    οἱ ἔξω γένους Id.Ant. 660

    ;

    οὐδὲν ἐν γένει Id.OT 1016

    ;

    γένει προσήκειν τινί X.An.1.6.1

    ;

    γένει ἀπωτέρω εἶναι D. 44.13

    : in gen., γένους εἶναί τινος to be of his race,

    ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου S.OT 1383

    , cf. X.HG4.2.9; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, Is.8.33, A.Supp. 388.
    2 direct descent, opp. collateral relationship,

    γένος γάρ, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ συγγένεια Is.8.33

    ; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies, Arist.Pol. 1285a16, 1313a10.
    II offspring, even of a single descendant,

    σὸν γ. Il.19.124

    , 21.186;

    ἡ δ' ἄρ' ἔην θεῖον γ. οὐδ' ἀνθρώπων 6.180

    ;

    ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γ. A. Th. 654

    ; Διὸς γ., of Bacchus, S.Ant. 1117 (lyr.);

    Τέκμησσα, δύσμορον γ. Id.Aj. 784

    .
    2 collectively, offspring, posterity,

    ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ' ἐκείνων Th.1.126

    ;

    ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γ. καὶ οἰκίαν D.19.71

    .
    III generally, race, of beings,

    θεῶν Ar.Th. 960

    ;

    ἡμιθέων γ. ἀνδρῶν Il.12.23

    ; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ., Il.2.852, Od.20.212; ἵππειον γ., i.e. mules, S.Ant. 342;

    ἰχθύων πλωτὸν γ. Id.Fr.941.9

    .
    b clan, house, family, Hdt.1.125, etc.; Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου ib.35; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men of noble family, Plu.Rom.21;

    ἱερεὺς κατὰ γ. IG 5(1).497

    , al.; also ἱέρεια ἀπὸ γένους, διὰ γένους, ib.607.29,602; esp. at Athens and elsewhere as a subdivision of the φρατρία, Arist.Ath. Fr.3, Pl.Alc.1.120e, etc.; = Lat. gens, D.S.4.21, Plu.Num.1.
    c tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, Hdt. 1.56, 101.
    d caste, Id.2.164.
    e of animals, breed, Id.4.29.
    2 age, generation, Od.3.245; γ. χρύσεον, etc., Hes.Op. 109: hence, age, time of life,

    γένει ὕστερος Il.3.215

    , cf. Arist.Rh. 1408a27.
    IV sex, Epich.172.1, Pl.Smp. 189d; gender, Arist.Rh. 1407b7, Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.214, etc.
    V class, sort, kind,

    τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά X.Cyn.3.1

    ;

    τὸ φιλόσοφον γ. Pl. R. 501e

    ; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] Id.Ti. 17c, cf. R. 434b, Arist.Pol. 1329a27;

    τῶν ἰχθυοπωλῶν γ. Xenarch.7.4

    ;

    τὸ τῶν παρασίτων γ. Nicol.

     Com.1.1, etc.
    2 in Logic, opp. εἶδος (species), Pl.Prm. 129c, al., Arist.Top. 102a31, 102b12, al.;

    τὰ γ. εἰς εἴδη πλείω καὶ διαφέροντα διαιρεῖται Id.Metaph. 1059b36

    .
    3 in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ., = the modern Classes, such as birds, fishes, Id.HA 490b7, cf. 505b26; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, = σιτώδη, χεδροπά and ἀνώνυμα, Thphr.HP8.1.1.
    b genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ., etc., Arist.HA 487b17, 488a4;

    τῶν δένδρων καὶ τῶν φυτῶν εἴδη πλείω τυγχάνει καθ' ἕκαστον γένος Thphr.HP1.14.3

    ;

    τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους [πίτυς] καὶ πεύκη Dsc. 1.69

    , al.
    c γένος τι a species of plant, Thphr.HP4.8.13; so later, γένη, = crops,

    ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις PTeb.66.43

    , al. (ii B. C.);

    οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου PAmh.2.91.15

     (ii A. D.); produce, POxy.727.20 (ii A. D.); materials, ib.54.16 (iii A. D.); ἐν γένεσιν in kind, opp. ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, PFay.21.10 (ii A. D.).
    4 τὰ γ. the elements, Pl.Ti. 54b. (Cf. Skt. jánas, gen. jánasas; Lat. genus, -eris, v. γίγνομαι.)

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > γένος

  • 12 subolēs

        subolēs (not sobo-), is, f    [sub+1 OL-], a sprout, shoot ; hence, fig., offspring, progeny, posterity, issue, stock, race, lineage: censores populi suboles, familias censento: propaganda (est tibi) suboles: priori Dissimilis populo, O.: Cara deum, V.: patris matura, L.: stirpis, L.: Diva (Lucina), producas subolem, H.: Romae suboles, race, H.: gregis, H.: de te suscepta, V.
    * * *
    shoot, sucker; race; offspring; progeny

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  • 13 prōgeniēs

        prōgeniēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f    [pro+GEN-], descent, lineage, race, family: Progeniem vostram ab atavo proferens, T.: divina: Progeniem Troiano a sanguine duci, V.— Descendants, posterity, offspring, progeny, child: se progeniem deorum esse dicere: mea, Claudia: Bacchum Progeniem negat esse Iovis, O.: liberūm, L.: Progeniem nidosque fovent (apes), their young, V.—Of poems: haec progenies mea est, offspring, O.
    * * *
    race, family, progeny

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  • 14 gens

    gens, gentis, f. [root GEN, gigno, that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name and by certain religious rites; orig. only patrician, but, after the granting of the connubium between patricians and plebeians, also plebeian (syn.: familia, stirps, genus; natio, populus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Sulla gentis patriciae (sc. Corneliae) nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignaviā,

    Sall. J. 95, 3:

    vera decora, non communiter modo Corneliae gentis, sed proprie familiae suae,

    Liv. 38, 58, 3:

    L. Tarquitius patriciae gentis,

    id. 3, 27, 1:

    apud P. Sestium patriciae gentis virum,

    id. 3, 33, 9; 6, 11, 2:

    cum Marcelli ab liberti filio stirpe, Claudii patricii ejusdem hominis hereditatem, gente ad se rediisse dicerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    gens Tarquiniorum,

    id. Rep. 2, 25 fin.:

    Julia,

    Liv. 1, 3, 2: L. Tarquinius duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, et antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat;

    a se ascitos minorum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20 Mos.; cf. Liv. 1, 35, 6:

    ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, Calvinorum et Aenobarborum,

    Suet. Ner. 1; cf. Liv. 2, 29, 4:

    patricii minorum gentium,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Liv. 1, 47, 7; Capitol. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 5:

    anni principio de connubio patrum et plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique jura gentium rebantur,

    Liv. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 2, 5; 10, 8, 9: uti Feceniae Hispalae gentis enuptio, tutoris optio esset, etc., the right of marrying out of her gens, id. 39, 19, 5:

    perjurus, sine gente,

    i. e. of no family, of vulgar birth, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15; cf. respecting the Roman gens, Dict. of Antiq.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In a manner borrowed from the division of the senators into majorum and minorum gentium (v. above): ipsi illi majorum gentium dii qui habentur, hinc a nobis profecti in caelum reperientur, the superior deities (the consentes), Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:

    Cleanthes, qui quasi majorum est gentium Stoicus,

    id. Ac. 2, 41, 126.—
    B.
    Poet., like genus and stirps, of a single descendant, offspring of an entire race:

    vigilasne, deūm gens, Aenea?

    Verg. A. 10, 228 (for which:

    Dis genite,

    id. ib. 9, 642):

    Tirynthia gens est (i. e. Fabius),

    Sil. 7, 35:

    extrema viri,

    the last descendant, id. 2, 185.—
    * C.
    In a contemptuous sense, like our tribe, brood, crew:

    si illo die gens ista Clodiana, quod facere voluit, effecisset,

    Cic. Sest. 38, 81; so,

    Clodia,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1.—
    D.
    In the widest sense = genus, the race; gens humana, the human race, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; Hor. C. 1, 3, 26.—
    E.
    Of beasts, etc., a race, herd, brood, swarm ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    intestino bello totae gentes consumuntur,

    Col. 9, 9, 6:

    quos (equos) in spem statues summittere gentis,

    of the race, breed, Verg. G. 3, 73:

    utque luat poenas gens haec (i. e. vulpes),

    breed, race, Ov. F. 4, 711.—
    F.
    In a more extended sense (as also genos), a race, nation, people (sometimes more restricted than natio and populus, and sometimes put for them; v. in the foll., and cf. Drak. Liv. 23, 42, 1;

    freq. and class.): Qui gentis omnis mariaque et terras movet,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 1: cf.:

    nos per gentis disparat,

    id. ib. v. 10:

    gradus plures sunt societatis hominum. Ut enim ab illa infinita discedatur, propior est ejusdem gentis, nationis, linguae, qua maxime homines conjunguntur: interius etiam est ejusdem esse civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53; cf.:

    (Deus) non curat singulos homines... ne civitates quidem... ne nationes quidem et gentes,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,

    Tac. G. 2:

    Suebi, quorum non una gens...propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,

    id. ib. 38:

    atrox in Thracia bellum ortum, omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis,

    Vell. 2, 98:

    omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; cf.:

    per omnes gentes nationesque,

    Quint. 11, 3, 87;

    for which, in an inverted order: exterae nationes ac gentes,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25:

    aut gentes aut populos,

    Quint. 11, 1, 86: inter multas regum gentiumque [p. 809] et populorum legationes, Liv. 45, 19, 1; 45, 22, 8; cf.

    in an inverse order: populi et gentes,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3:

    postquam bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    Sabina aut Volsca,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    Transalpinae,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    Allobrogum,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

    Nerviorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    Germanorum,

    id. ib. 6, 32 init.:

    Suevorum longe maxima Germanorum omnium,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3;

    so of the Etruscan nation,

    Liv. 5, 1, 6;

    and in a wider sense than populus: non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit,

    id. 6, 12, 4; 40, 15, 6; 2, 50, 2.—Also for civitas, the inhabitants of a city or town:

    Caesar Gomphos pervenit, quod est oppidum primum Thessaliae venientibus ab Epiro, quae gens ultro ad Caesarem legatos miserat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1:

    atqui ad hoc, de quo agitur, non quaerimus gentem, ingenia quaerimus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

    gladio pugnacissima gens Romani,

    Quint. 9, 3, 8; Liv. 5, 48, 3:

    Segni Condrusique, ex gente et numero Germanorum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1:

    in illa incorrupta maxime gente Aegyptiorum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 26:

    jus gentium,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

    quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id... vocatur jus gentium quasi quo jure omnes gentes utuntur,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 1.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a partit. gen., gentium, like terrarum, for the sake of emphasis, in the world, on earth (freq. and class.):

    ubicumque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:

    quod ubique gentium est,

    id. Rep. 2, 4:

    ubinam gentium sumus,

    where in the world? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9:

    ubi ubi est gentium?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 21:

    obsecro, unde haec gentium?

    id. Cist. 4, 1, 16:

    ubi tu's gentium,

    id. Rud. 2, 5, 11:

    quaerit quod nusquamst gentium,

    id. Ps. 1, 4, 9:

    non hercle quo hinc nunc gentium aufugiam scio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 44:

    ubivis gentium agere aetatem quam, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4:

    an quisquam usquam gentium est aeque miser?

    id. ib. 13:

    equidem te nisi nunc hodie nusquam vidi gentium,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 54:

    fratrem nusquam invenio gentium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1:

    abeat multo malo quovis gentium, Quam hic, etc.,

    id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55:

    res est in manibus: tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: nostri turannoktonoi longe gentium absunt, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:

    ah! minime gentium, non faciam,

    by no means, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 44; so,

    minime gentium,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.—
    b.
    Gentes, opp. to the Romans, foreign nations, foreigners (post-Aug. and rare):

    maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus si non amor nostri at certe odium sui,

    Tac. G. 33; Auct. B. Hisp. 17 fin. —
    c.
    In the eccl. fathers, gentes, like ethnos, opp. to Jews and Christians, pagan nations, heathen, gentiles, Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Psa. 2, 1 et saep.— Hence the title of Arnobius's work, Adversus Gentes.—
    3.
    Transf., a region, country (very rare):

    ut Aspim aggrederetur, qui Cataoniam tenebat: quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

    Nep. Dat. 4:

    gentes viduatas esse suis cultoribus et desolatas,

    Arn. 1, 4.

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  • 15 genus

    1.
    gĕnus, ĕris, n. [= genos, root GEN, gigno, gens], birth, descent, origin; and concr., a race, stock, etc. (cf.: familia, gens, stirps).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: bono genere gnati, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; cf.:

    ii, qui nobili genere nati sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

    amplissimo genere natus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 4:

    genere regio natus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

    C. Laelius, cum ei quidam malo genere natus diceret, indignum esse suis majoribus, at hercule, inquit, tu tuis dignus,

    id. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

    genere et nobilitate et pecunia sui municipii facile primus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    esse genere divino,

    id. Rep. 2, 2:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    id. Mur. 7, 15:

    hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 58, 212; id. Rep. 1, 18:

    adulescens, cujus spei nihil praeter genus patricium deesset,

    Liv. 6, 34, 11:

    in famam generis ac familiae,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12; 5, 10, 24:

    genus Lentulorum,

    id. 6, 3, 67:

    Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini,

    Verg. A. 5, 568:

    fortuna non mutat genus,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 6:

    virginem plebei generis petiere juvenes, alter virgini genere par, alter, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 9, 4:

    qui sibi falsum nomen imposuerit, genus parentesve finxerit, etc.,

    Plaut. Sent. 5, 25, 11.— Plur.:

    summis gnati generibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 20.—
    B.
    In partic., birth, for high or noble birth (mostly poet.):

    cum certi propter divitias aut genus aut aliquas opes rem publicam tenent, est factio,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 14: pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.):

    et genus et virtus, nisi cum re vilior alga est,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

    non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas,

    id. C. 4, 7, 23:

    jactes et genus et nomen inutile,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 13; cf.:

    cui genus et quondam nomen natique fuissent,

    Verg. A. 5, 621:

    nunc jam nobis patribus vobisque plebei promiscuus consulatus patet, nec generis, ut ante, sed virtutis est praemium,

    Liv. 7, 32, 14; cf. id. 4, 4, 7.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like gens and stirps, a descendant, offspring, child; and collect., descendants, posterity, race ( poet.): neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.):

    credo equidem, genus esse deorum,

    Verg. A. 4, 12:

    Uraniae genus, Hymen,

    i. e. her son, Cat. 61, 2:

    audax Iapeti,

    i. e. his son Prometheus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 27:

    Jovis,

    i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 609; cf. also Prop. 2, 2, 9; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18:

    genus Adrasti,

    i. e. Diomede, grandson of Adrastus, Ov. F. 6, 433;

    so of a grandson,

    id. M. 2, 743; cf.

    nepotum,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 4:

    Tantali genus,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 37:

    Danai,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 18:

    Messi clarum genus Osci,

    id. S. 1, 5, 54:

    ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

    i. e. Octavianus, as the adopted son of Julius Cœsar, id. ib. 2, 5, 63:

    sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,

    i. e. the Romans, id. C. 1, 2, 35; cf. ib. 3, 6, 18:

    regium genus,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 15. —
    B.
    Of an assemblage of objects (persons, animals, plants, inanimate or abstract things) which are related or belong together in consequence of a resemblance in natural qualities; a race, stock, class, sort, species, kind (in this signif. most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Of living things: ne genus humanum temporis longinquitate occideret, propter hoc marem cum femina esse coniunctum, Cic. ap. Col. 12, 1 (Fragm. Cic. 1, 5 Baiter):

    quod ex infinita societate generis humani ita contracta res est, etc.,

    of the human race, Cic. Lael. 5, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 2 fin.:

    o deorum quicquid in caelo regit Terras et humanum genus,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 2;

    for which: consulere generi hominum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12; cf.:

    cum omni hominum genere,

    id. ib. 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    solivagum genus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 25: potens vir cum inter sui corporis homines tum etiam ad plebem, quod haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor ejus habebatur, i. e. among the Plebeians, Liv. 6, 34, 5: Graium genus, the Grecian race, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 149 Vahl.):

    virtus est propria Romani generis atque seminis,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

    Ubii, paulo quam sunt ejusdem generis et ceteris humaniores,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3; cf.

    also: impellit alios (Aeduos) iracundia et temeritas, quae maxime illi hominum generi est innata,

    race of men, id. ib. 7, 42, 2; so, like gens, of nations, peoples, tribes: ferox, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. s. v. insolens, p. 241 Lind. (Hist. 1, 14 Gerl.); Liv. 34, 7, 6:

    implacidum (Genauni),

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 10:

    durum ac velox (Ligures),

    Flor. 2, 3, 4:

    omne in paludes diffugerat,

    id. 3, 10, 14:

    Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 9:

    Numidarum,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    genus omne nomenque Macedonum,

    id. 13, 44, 6; Nep. Reg. 2:

    Italici generis multi mortales,

    Sall. J. 47, 1:

    Illyriorum,

    Liv. 27, 32, 4; 27, 48, 10; 42, 47 fin.:

    Scytharum,

    Just. 2, 3, 16; Tac. H. 2, 4; Suet. Ner. 37; Vell. 2, 118, 1.—In plur.:

    conventus is, qui ex variis generibus constaret,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 36, 1:

    olim isti fuit generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius... est genus hominum, qui se primos esse omnium rerum volunt,

    class of men, profession, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 15 and 17:

    firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici), cujus generis est magna penuria,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

    saepius genus ejus hominis (sc. procuratoris rei publicae) erit in reliqua nobis oratione tractandum,

    id. Rep. 2, 29 fin.; cf.:

    genus aliud tyrannorum,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    judicum genus et forma,

    id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

    istius generis asoti,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; cf.:

    omnium ejus generis poëtarum haud dubie proximus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 85:

    liberrimum hominum,

    id. 10, 12, 2, § 22:

    irritabile vatum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102:

    hoc omne (ambubajarum, etc.),

    id. S. 1, 2, 2:

    hominum virile, muliebre,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

    equidem fabulam et fictam rem ducebam esse, virorum omne genus in aliqua insula conjuratione muliebri ab stirpe sublatum esse,

    Liv. 34, 2, 3:

    cedat consulari generi praetorium,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

    ad militare genus = ad milites,

    Liv. 24, 32, 2:

    alia militaris generis turba,

    id. 44, 45, 13:

    castellani, agreste genus,

    id. 34, 27, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Sing. with plur. predicate:

    Ministrantibus sibi omni genere turpium personarum,

    Capitol. Ver. 4.—In plur.:

    eorum hominum... genera sunt duo,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1:

    tria auditorum,

    Quint. 3, 4, 6.— Repeated in the relative-clause:

    duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 96.—In the acc., of description (v. Roby's Gram. 2, p. 42 sq.):

    quot et quod genus pastores habendi,

    of what kind, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    quod genus ii sunt, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    Of animals, plants, etc.: genus altivolantum, the race of birds, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 84 Vahl.); cf.: genu' pennis condecoratum, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59:

    lanigerum, id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Cyprio, p. 59 Müll.: squamigerum,

    Lucr. 1, 162; cf.

    piscium,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 9:

    silvestre,

    Lucr. 5, 1411:

    omne ferarum,

    id. 5, 1338:

    acre leonum,

    id. 5, 862:

    malefici generis plurima animalia,

    Sall. J. 17, 6:

    diversum confusa genus panthera camelo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 195:

    animantūm propagare genus,

    to propagate the race, Lucr. 1, 195:

    ad genus faciendum,

    Just. 2, 9 fin.:

    juxta genus suum,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 11 saep.— Plur.:

    quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

    piscium genera,

    Quint. 5, 10, 21.—In the acc., of description:

    porticus avibus omne genus oppletae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

    pascuntur omne genus objecto frumento,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    boves et id genus pecua,

    App. M. 2, p. 115, 4; id. Flor. p. 37. —
    b.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things, kind, sort, description, class, order, character:

    genus ullum materiaï,

    Lucr. 2, 304:

    cum is (sol) quoque efficiat, ut omnia floreant et in suo quaeque genere pubescant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

    naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 2:

    cibi genus,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 9:

    cum omni genere commeatus,

    Liv. 30, 36, 2:

    frugum,

    id. 38, 15, 9:

    hoc sphaerae genus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    hoc triplex rerum publicarum genus,

    id. ib. 2, 23:

    regale civitatis,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    totum regiae civitatis,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    novum imperii,

    id. ib. 2, 32:

    ipsum istud genus orationis exspecto,

    id. ib. 1, 24 fin.; cf.: dulce orationis, id. Or. 13, 42:

    qua re esset hoc bellum genere ipso necessarium,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; cf.:

    genus hoc erat pugnae, quo, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

    potestas annua (consulum) genere ipso ac jure regia,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32:

    genus vitae... genus aetatis,

    id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

    optimum emendandi,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    dicendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 56; 12, 10, 69:

    simplex rectumque loquendi,

    id. 9, 3, 3:

    omnis generis tormenta,

    Liv. 32, 16, 10:

    praeda ingens omnis generis,

    id. 27, 5, 9; so,

    omnis generis, with tela,

    id. 38, 26, 4;

    with naves,

    id. 34, 8, 5;

    with eloquentia,

    id. 39, 40, 7, etc.—Repeated in the relative-clause:

    erat haec (ratio) ex eodem genere, quod ego maxime genus ex sociorum litteris reperire cupiebam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183.—In plur.:

    Caesar haec genera munitionis instituit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1:

    disserere de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 26;

    28: genera juris institutorum, morum consuetudinumque describere,

    id. ib. 3, 10:

    genera furandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18.—In the acc., of description: omne, hoc, id, quod genus, for omnis, ejus, hujus, cujus generis, of every, of this, of which kind:

    sub urbe hortum omne genus, coronamenta omne genus,

    Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1:

    omne genus simulacra feruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 735:

    si hoc genus rebus non proficitur,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; id. L. L. 9, § 110 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 917 and Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

    in id genus verbis,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 79; 8, 7, 108, § 17:

    in id genus libris,

    Gell. 3, 8, 1:

    scis me ante orationes aut aliquid id genus solitum scribere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

    vitanda sunt illa, quae propinqua videntur: quod genus, fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, etc.,

    for example, id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; so ib. 2, 52, 157; 2, 54, 162; 2, 57, 172; Lucr. 4, 271; 6, 1058:

    lege jus est id quod populi jussu sanctum est, quod genus: ut in jus eas cum voceris,

    Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; cf.

    ib. sqq.— In gen.: i. q. res or aliquid: ut in omni genere hujus populi (Graeci) consuetudinem videretur imitatus,

    in all respects, in everything, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; cf.:

    innumerabiles res sunt, in quibus te quotidie in omni genere desiderem,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

    incredibile est, quam me in omni genere delectarit,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    medici assiduitas et tota domus in omni genere diligens,

    id. ib. 12, 33, 2;

    7, 1, 2: qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur,

    in any respect whatever, id. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    qua de re et de hoc genere toto pauca cognosce,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Adverb.: in genus, in general, generally:

    sermones in genus communes,

    Gell. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In philos. lang., opp. partes, and comprising them within itself, a general term, logical genus:

    genus est id, quod sui similes communione quadam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189; cf.: genus est, quod plures partes amplectitur, ut animal;

    pars est, quae subest generi, ut equus. Sed saepe eadem res alii genus, alii pars est: nam homo animalis pars est, Thebani aut Trojani genus,

    id. de Inv. 1, 22, 32: genus est, quod partes aliquas amplectitur, ut cupiditas;

    pars est, quae subest generi, ut cupiditati amor, avaritia,

    id. ib. 1, 28, 42; cf.

    also: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens,

    id. Top. 7, 31:

    nec vero sine philosophorum disciplina genus et speciem cujusque rei cernere neque eam definiendo explicare nec tribuere in partes possumus, etc.,

    id. Or. 4, 16; cf. ib. 33, 117:

    formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles,

    id. de Or. 3, 9, 34:

    perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures,

    id. Tusc. 3, 11, 24; cf. ib. 5, 25, 71:

    et conjuncta quaeremus, et genera et partes generibus subjectas, et similitudines, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 166;

    opp. species and pars,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3.—
    b.
    In gram., gender: transversi sunt (ordines) qui ab recto casu obliqui declinantur, ut albus, albi, albo;

    directi sunt, qui ab recto casu in rectos declinantur, ut albus, alba, album. Transversorum ordinum partes appellantur casus, directorum genera: utrisque inter se implicatis forma,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 22 Müll.:

    quod ad verborum temporalium rationem attinet, cum partes sint quatuor: temporum, personarum, generum, divisionum, etc.,

    ib. 9, § 95:

    in nominibus tria genera,

    Quint. 1, 4, 23:

    barbarismum fieri per numeros aut genera,

    id. 1, 5, [p. 811] 16;

    9, 3, 6: in verbis quoque quis est adeo imperitus, ut ignoret genera et qualitates, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 27.
    2.
    gĕnus, ūs, v. genu.

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  • 16 stirps

        stirps (rarely stirpis, once stirpēs, L.), pis, f or (poet.) m    [STER-].—Of plants, the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root: terra stirpes amplexa: ut tantum modo per stirpīs alantur suas: sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum, V.: domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit, V.— Of hair: vellere ab stirpe capillos, by the roots, Pr., Tb.— A plant, shrub ; usu. plur: stirpium naturae: in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium. —Of persons, a stem, stock, race, family, lineage: ignoratio stirpis et generis: qui sunt eius stirpis: divina, V.: Herculis stirpe generatus: ab stirpe socius atque amicus populi R., S.— A scion, offspring, descendant, progeny: quibus stirpes deesset, L.: stirps et genus omne futurum, V.: stirpis virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, a son, L.—Fig., a root, source, origin, foundation, beginning, cause: altae stirpes stultitiae: populum a stirpe repetere: malorum omnium: gentis, L.: Carthago ab stirpe interiit, utterly, S.— Inborn character, nature: non ingenerantur hominibus mores a stirpe generis: nondum exoletā stirpe gentis, L.
    * * *
    I II
    stock, plant; race, lineage; character

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  • 17 proles

    prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].
    I.
    Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

    but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

    propagando procudere prolem,

    to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

    prolem est enixa gemellam,

    Ov. M. 9, 452:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

    di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

    id. ib. 47:

    et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 75:

    felix prole parens,

    Val. Fl. 5, 384:

    tua postuma proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

    aënea,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    argentea,

    id. ib. 1, 114:

    proles Ausonia,

    the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

    dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

    Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

    praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    proles illa futurorum hominum,

    race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

    Ulixi,

    i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

    proles tertia Phorcus,

    Ov. M. 7, 477:

    Clymeneïa,

    i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

    Apollinea,

    i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

    deūm certissima proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 322:

    egomet Neptunia proles,

    Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

    Saturni altera proles,

    Verg. A. 12, 830:

    Bacchi rustica proles,

    i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

    Cyllenia proles,

    Verg. A. 4, 268:

    fulminis,

    i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

    Jovis,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

    hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

    Lucr. 1, 259:

    duellica equorum,

    id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

    jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

    id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

    et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

    i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    sternitur Arcadiae proles,

    Verg. A. 10, 429.—
    B.
    The testicles (post-class.):

    polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

    Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proles

  • 18 gēns

        gēns gentis, f    [GEN-], a race, clan, house (of families having a name and certain religious rites in common): Minucia: clarissima Corneliorum, S.: patres maiorum gentium: minorum gentium patres, L.: gentis enuptio, the right of marrying out of her gens, L.: periurus, sine gente, i. e. of no family, H.: maiorum gentium di, of the highest rank: dii minorum gentium, of the inferior orders: maiorum gentium Stoicus, i. e. eminent.—A descendant, offspring, representative: deūm gens, Aenea, V.; cf. heroës, deūm gens, Ct.: (equos) in spem submittere gentis, V.— A tribe, brood, crew: ista Clodiana.— A race, species, breed: human<*>, C., H.: haec (i. e. volpes), O.— A race, tribe, people: eiusdem gentis (esse): Suebi, quorum non una gens, Ta.: exterae gentes: exercitus compositus ex variis gentibus, S.: Nerviorum, Cs.: oppidum Thessaliae, quae gens miserat, etc., community, Cs.: omnes eius gentis cives, N.: ius gentium: ubicumque terrarum et gentium, in the world: ubinam gentium sumus? on earth: nusquam gentium, T.: tu autem longe gentium, far away in the world: minime gentium, by no means, T.— Plur, foreign nations, foreigners: duretque gentibus amor nostri, Ta.— A region, country: qui Cataoniam tenebat: quae gens iacet, etc.
    * * *
    tribe, clan; nation, people; Gentiles

    Latin-English dictionary > gēns

  • 19 γενεά

    γενεά, ᾶς, [dialect] Ion. [full] γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, [dialect] Ep. dat.
    A

    γενεῆφι Il.14.112

    : ([etym.] γενέσθαι):
    I of the persons in a family,
    1 race, family,

    Πριάμου γ. Il.20.306

    , cf. Od.1.222, 16.117;

    γενεήν τε τόκον τε Il.15.141

    ;

    ἴδμεν.. γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας 20.203

    , cf. 214; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, 11.786 (but younger in Archil. ap. Sch.ad l.); ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, Il.6.211;

    πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν 10.68

    ; γενεῇ by birthright, Od.1.387; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, Il.23.471;

    γενεὴν Διός 21.187

    ; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from.., ib. 157;

    γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης Hdt.2.134

    ; of horses, breed, stock, Il.5.265, 268: pl., χρήματα καὶ γενεάς families, Plu.Tim.34; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, GDI1798 (Delph.); πατριὰ καὶ γ., = φρατρία καὶ γένος, ib.1152 ([place name] Elis): hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., A.Pers. 912 (lyr.), Eleg.2:—rare in Prose, τίς ὢν γενεάν; X.Cyr.1.1.6;

    καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι SIG306.8

     (Tegea, iv B. C.).
    2 race, generation,

    οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il.6.146

    ;

    δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 1.250

    , etc., cf. Hdt.2.142, Th.1.14, Heraclit. ap. Plu.2.415e (but, = μήν, Id. ap. Lyd.Mens.3.14);

    ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην SIG1015.6

     (Halic.); age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opp. to the mythical, age, Hdt.3.122;

    ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. D.H.3.15

    .
    3 offspring, Il.21.191, Orac. ap. Hdt.6.86, S.Aj. 189 (lyr.); of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) Pi.P.4.136, cf.l.8(7).71.
    4 metaph., class, kind,

    τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν Pl.Phlb. 66b

    ;

    ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος Plot.5.1.7

    .
    II of Time or Place,
    1 birthplace,

    γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ Il.20.390

    , cf. Od.1.407; of an eagle's evrie, 15.175.
    2 age, time of life,

    γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il.14.112

    ; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24,9.161, Od.19.184.
    3 after Hom., time of birth,

    ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt.3.33

    ,4.23;

    ἀπὸ γ. X.Cyr.1.2.8

    .

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > γενεά

  • 20 потомство

    1) General subject: breed, descendants, generation, get (у животных), get up, get-up (одного самца-производителя), issue, posteriors, posterity, produce, progeny, spawn, young ones
    2) Biology: brood (одной самки), geniture, rising generation
    3) Engineering: brood
    4) Mathematics: off-spring
    5) Economy: offsprings
    6) Accounting: race
    7) Bible: seed
    8) Jargon: kid
    9) Fishery: brood
    10) Ecology: cohort
    11) Business: offspring

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > потомство

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