genea

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá). Doublet of genus.

Noun[edit]

genea f (genitive geneae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. generation
  2. race, descent
  3. clan

Declension[edit]

  • First-declension noun.
Case Singular Plural
Nominative genea geneae
Genitive geneae geneārum
Dative geneae geneīs
Accusative geneam geneās
Ablative geneā geneīs
Vocative genea geneae

Descendants[edit]

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: genia
    • Sicilian: jinìa
      Calabrese janìa
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Albanian: gjini
  • Vulgar Latin: *genoria

References[edit]

  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “genea”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 159