gens 是什么意思

名词复数:gentes

中文翻译与英英解释

	n. (pl. gentes ) 1.(古罗马或古希腊的)氏族。 2.氏族(尤指父系氏族)。

family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
同义词：name,

In ancient Rome, a gens ( or ), plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps (plural stirpes).

例句与用法

	1.	The humbler gentes had their common rites . 卑微的氏族有其共同仪典。
	2.	The property should remain in the gens . 遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。
	3.	It reveals the democratic constitution of the gens . 这一点反映了氏族的民主制度。
	4.	The property of a deceased person should remain in the gens . 死者遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。
	5.	All the male members of the gens were equally eligible . 凡是本氏族的男性成员都具有同等的被选资格。
	6.	No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own . 任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领。
	7.	These mutual right of inheritance strengthened the autonomy of the gens . 这些相互继承遗产的权利加强了氏族的自决权。
	8.	In their trials and difficulties the members of the gens assisted each other . 氏族成员在他们处于忧患困难之时彼此相互援助。
	9.	The children, following the gentes of their respective mothers, would be divided between them . 子女们各随其母亲而分属于这两个氏族。
	10.	As a rule each gens had names for persons that were its special property . 一般习惯，每一个氏族都有一套个人名字，这是该氏族的特殊财产。

gens是什么意思

gens 是什么意思

中文翻译与英英解释

例句与用法