gena – Latin noun declension

Noun: gena
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension: First

Nominative

Singular	gena
Plural	genae

Genitive

Singular	genae
Plural	genārum

Dative

Singular	genae
Plural	genīs

Accusative

Singular	genam
Plural	genās

Ablative

Singular	genā
Plural	genīs

Vocative

Singular	gena
Plural	genae

Sample Sentences

Lacrimae perēdēre hūmōre exsanguēs genās. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 3.12]

Nouns inflected like gena

scōria, meschīta, sewera, zōnula, ecclēsia, concurrentia, satira, satura, satyra, sagīna, sagēna, sarīsa, salīva, salīna, sampsa, samara, sacēna, salvia, sabīna, sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.
2. Cognates include Ancient Greek γένῡ̆ς (génū̆s), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanweṃ, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).

Verbs referencing "gena"

English Nouns chin, Old English Nouns cinn, English Nouns gena, Italian Nouns gena, Ancient Greek Nouns γένυς, Romanian Nouns geană.