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genius <ī> m (gigno)

1.

genius
Genius (urspr. „der Erzeuger“ als Symbol des männl. Samens, dann die Verkörperung der männl. Kraft) , Schutzgeist des Mannes, der ihn durchs Leben begleitet u. Freude u. Leid m. ihm teilt; man schwor bei ihm, man opferte ihm, bes. an Geburtstagen u. bei Hochzeiten

2.

genius
Schutzgeist v. Städten, Völkern, Staaten, Familien, Herden u. a.

3. Plaut.

Declension of genius
Case Singular Plural
Nominative genius geniī
Genitive geniī geniōrum
Dative geniō geniīs
Accusative genium geniōs
Ablative geniō geniīs
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