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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.

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