Wondering how to use Gens in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as name or family.
Gens in a sentence
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Gens meaning
- 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.
- A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line; clan.
- A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.^([W])
Using Gens
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line; clan. | A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.^([W])
- Useful related words include: name, family, family line, folk.
- In the example corpus, gens often appears in combinations such as: the gens, brig gens, gens de.
Context around Gens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gens
- In this selection, "gens" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brig, first, older, aurelia, family and quinctilia stand out and add context to how "gens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gens which may and a powerful gens with consuls. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gens" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and abolitionists, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ralph Samuel Gens, of Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi, passed away on Jan. (11 words)
Churchill and Coxe states only three squadrons of Gens d'Armes. (11 words)
He belonged to the gens Claudia with, from his mother's side, Julian ancestors. (14 words)
A plebeian branch of the gens, the Claudii Marcelli, retained the supposedly patrician spelling, while there is some inscriptional evidence that the -o- form may also have been used on occasion by close male relatives of the "patrician tribune" Clodius. (40 words)
The Luperci were divided into two collegia, called Quinctiliani (or Quinctiales) and Fabiani, from the gens Quinctilia (or Quinctia) and gens Fabia ; at the head of each of these colleges was a magister. (33 words)
According to the Pope Gregory I 's letters, in the island co-existed a Romanized and Christianized area (that of the provinciales) with, in the interior, pagan or semi-pagan cultures (Gens Barbaricina). (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In this case, Ambrosius may have been a member of gens Aurelia who was adopted by another gens/family.
The Luperci were divided into two collegia, called Quinctiliani (or Quinctiales) and Fabiani, from the gens Quinctilia (or Quinctia) and gens Fabia ; at the head of each of these colleges was a magister.
A creative and artistically talented Pokemon fan fuses classic first-gens Mew and Magikarp together, creating quite the interesting result.
They are terrible co-workers: People born after 1997 grew up in the tech boom, so older gens assume they lack social skills.
Ralph Samuel Gens, of Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi, passed away on Jan.
The Gens didn’t take that lying down, as only a few minutes later Noel tapped one past former General Cole Ceci to retake the lead.
Late second, the Generals added to their lead as Domenico Commisso put a rebound past Propp on a Gens odd-man rush at 17:25.
Police also say some of Gens’ personal bills were paid with the card, and that Else made cash payments to him as well.
According to the Pope Gregory I 's letters, in the island co-existed a Romanized and Christianized area (that of the provinciales) with, in the interior, pagan or semi-pagan cultures (Gens Barbaricina).
Additional pressure was applied with the arrival of two brigades from Anderson's division: Brig. Gens.
After his demands were refused, he attempted to incite the gens de couleur to revolt.
A gens, which may be translated as "race", "family", or "clan", constituted an extended Roman family, all of whom shared the same nomen, and claimed descent from a common ancestor.
A plebeian branch of the gens, the Claudii Marcelli, retained the supposedly patrician spelling, while there is some inscriptional evidence that the -o- form may also have been used on occasion by close male relatives of the "patrician tribune" Clodius.
A son might be named in honour of one of his maternal relatives, thus bringing a new name into the gens.
As Union brigade after brigade slammed into the line, William Mahone brought two of his brigades—under Brig. Gens.
By marrying Vespasia Polla he allied himself to the more prestigious patrician gens Vespasia, ensuring the elevation of his sons Titus Flavius Sabinus II and Vespasian to the senatorial rank.
By then, the triumph had been absorbed into the Augustan Imperial cult system, in which only the emperor Very occasionally, a close relative who had glorified the Imperial gens might receive the honor.
Churchill and Coxe states only three squadrons of Gens d'Armes.
Generation of the Octavias The Claudii were a powerful gens with consuls and other high ranking politicians in several of its families across several generations.
He belonged to the gens Claudia with, from his mother's side, Julian ancestors.
Common combinations with gens
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gens 14×
- brig gens 7×
- gens de 5×
- gens d'armes 5×
- of gens 4×
- maj gens 3×
- one gens 2×