| Keywords |
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| ID |
16 |
| Text |
Differentiae - Inter aptum et utile (560 - 636) Isidore of Seville |
| Quotation |
Inter gentem et gentes et genus. Gens nationis est, ut Greciae, Asiae; hinc et gentilitas dicitur. Gentes autem familiae, ut Iuliae, Claudiae. Genus vero ad qualitatem refertur, ut pecoris, pomi. |
| Translation |
Entre gens (pueblo), gentes (linajes) y genus (clase). Gens se dice de una nación, como Grecia, Asia; de ahí que se diga gentilitas. Gentes se aplica a las familias, como la Julia, la Claudia. Genus, en cambio, se refiere a la calidad, por ejemplo del ganado o de la fruta. (C. Codoñer)
A gens refers to a natio (soil?), as for instance to Greece or Assyria.
From this comes the term gentilitas.
Gentes are instead families, as the Juliae or the Claudiae.
Genus refers rather to the qualitative properties , as by animals or fruits. (C. Grifoni)
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| Quotation source |
p. 234, 332 |
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| Comment |
Gens and natio are presented as two different concepts, but the text doesn't furnish any proper definition of them. |
