Gens (Noun)
Meaning
Family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The gens was the basic unit of Roman society, with members tracing their ancestry back to a common male ancestor.
- In ancient Rome, the gens was the social unit that linked families together through a common male lineage.
- He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his gens, a situation that filled him with a sense of despair.
- The gens system was also used to organize the aristocracy in ancient Rome, with certain gens being considered more prestigious than others.
- As the last male member of his gens, he felt a deep sense of responsibility to preserve the family's legacy.