中文翻译与英英解释

n.
(pl. gentes )
1.(古罗马或古希腊的)氏族。
2.氏族(尤指父系氏族)。

family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
同义词：name,

In ancient Rome, a gens ( or ), plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps (plural stirpes).

例句与用法

The humbler gentes had their common rites .
卑微的氏族有其共同仪典。

The property should remain in the gens .
遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。

It reveals the democratic constitution of the gens .
这一点反映了氏族的民主制度。

The property of a deceased person should remain in the gens .
死者遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。

All the male members of the gens were equally eligible .
凡是本氏族的男性成员都具有同等的被选资格。

No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own .
任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领。

These mutual right of inheritance strengthened the autonomy of the gens .
这些相互继承遗产的权利加强了氏族的自决权。

In their trials and difficulties the members of the gens assisted each other .
氏族成员在他们处于忧患困难之时彼此相互援助。

The children, following the gentes of their respective mothers, would be divided between them .
子女们各随其母亲而分属于这两个氏族。

As a rule each gens had names for persons that were its special property .
一般习惯，每一个氏族都有一套个人名字，这是该氏族的特殊财产。