group of aristocratic Roman families having the same name and descended from a common ancestor on the male side (in ancient Rome); clan with common male ancestor; (Lating) family
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Gens Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
often used for an army.
nation, "people".
clan, race, nation, people, tribe
Gens Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
(a.)
A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
gens
\gens\ (j&ebreve;nz), n.; pl. gentes (j&ebreve;n"tēz). [l. see gentle, a.] (rom. hist.)
1. a clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the roman curia or tribe.
2. (ethnol.) a minor subdivision of a tribe, among american aborigines. it includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
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gens d`armes
Noun
1. family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
(synonym) name
(hypernym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
Gens Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gens Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or ), plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps (plural stirpes). The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the period of the Roman Republic. Much of an individual's social standing depended on the gens to which he belonged. Certain gentes were considered patrician, others plebeian, while some had both patrician and plebeian branches. The importance of membership in a gens declined considerably in imperial times.
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Gens is a free Sega Genesis emulator. It runs on Windows systems (using DirectX), on GNU/Linux (using SDL) and on Microsoft's Xbox. A port to the Sega Dreamcast, known as Gens4All, is currently in development. Development of Gens began in 1999. , the current version (2.14) advertises full compatibility with 92% of all Genesis games and is considered to be one of the most compatible Genesis emulators available, although its Yamaha YM2612 emulation is far from perfect .
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