The corpus record — Latin

genuinus1

genuinus1 · adj

innate

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Metamorphoses 10 · 1.87/10k
Res Gestae 20 · 1.57/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Noctes Atticae 4 · 0.36/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. gĕnŭīnus — Lewis & Short

gĕnŭīnus, a, um, adj.geno, gigno,

I innate, native, natural.

I Lit. (rare but class.): genuinae domesticaeque virtutes, * Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29: naturales et genuini honores, Gell. 2, 2, 9: pietas, Dig. 43, 28, 3, § 4: nequitia, App. M. 9, p. 230.—

II Transf., genuine, authentic (post-class.): comoedia Plauti, Gell. 3, 3, 7.

2. gĕnŭīnus — Lewis & Short

gĕnŭīnus, a, um, adj.genae; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 94 Müll.,

I of or belonging to the cheek: dentes, jaw-teeth, back-teeth, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; Plin. 11, 37, 63, § 166; also as subst.: gĕnŭīni, orum, m., Verg. Cat. 5, 36; and in sing.: gĕnŭīnus, i, m., Juv. 5, 69.—Prov.: genuinum frangere in aliquo, to break one's jaw-tooth on a person, i. e. to criticise him severely, Pers. 1, 115.

In the wild

genuinum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 9.9.15
genuinos Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.6.2
genuinum Persius, Saturae 1.115
genuino Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.29
genuini Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.134
genuina Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.19

6 of 48 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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