The corpus record — Latin

gentilitas

gentilitas · f

the relationship of those who belong to the same

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Where it lives

De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k
De Oratore 2 · 0.33/10k
Res Gestae 4 · 0.31/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

gentīlĭtas — Lewis & Short

gentīlĭtas, ātis, f.gentilis,

I the relationship of those who belong to the same gens.

I Lit.: gentilitatum, agnationum, etc. ... jura, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; cf.: de toto stirpis ac gentilitatis jure dicere, id. ib. 1, 39, 176; Plin. Pan. 37, 2.—

II Transf.

A Concr., relatives bearing the same name, kindred: omnes Tarquinios eicerent, ne quam reditionis per gentilitatem spem haberent, Varr. ap. Non. 222, 17: gentilitas ejus Manlii cognomen ejuravit, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 24; Inscr. Orell. 156; 1663.—In plur.: sparsas atque ut ita dicam laceras gentilitates colligere, Plin. Pan. 39, 3.—

B Of plants, bearing the same name, Plin. 23, 7, 65, § 131; 12, 13, 30, § 51.—

C In eccl. Lat., heathenism, paganism: gentilitas (opp. Dei religio), Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Judith, 14, 6.—

2 Concr., the heathen, pagans, Prud. stef. 10, 1086; Tert. Verg. Vel. 2; Hier. ad Ephes. 5 fin.

In the wild

gentilitas Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.1086
gentilitatum Cicero, De Oratore 1.173
gentilitate Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 25.5.6
gentilitas Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 1.94
gentilitatis Cicero, De Oratore 1.176
gentilitas Minucius Felix, Octavius 10.4

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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