Genus
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English-Latin
genus, n.
- biology | An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name.
- logic | A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms, along with species or definition, differentia, property, and accident.
Latin-English
gĕn|us, -ĕris. (ˈdʒe.nus) neut.
- Birth; race.
- Kind.
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Loci
- αʹ Cicero, Academica 1.1:
| quaero quid sit cur cum multa scribas genus hoc praetermittas | While you may be writing a lot, I want to know why you're leaving this subject out. |
