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Meanings of whole gens in English
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Usage of whole gens in English
1
The old men, medicine men, and distinguished men met in council-buteven here, on important occasions, the whole gens met in council.
2
The state took alarm, and the whole gens, numbering 306 males and 4,000 dependents, was driven from Rome.
3
Hence, for a person of one sex to assume the dress of the other sex was an insult to the whole gens-thepenalty was death.