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|lshtext=<b>gĕner</b>: ĕri (archaic<br /><b>I</b> dat. plur. generibus, Att. ap. Non. 487, 29), m. [[root]] GEN, v. [[gigno]], a [[daughter]]'s [[husband]], a [[son]]-in-[[law]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: cum soceris generi non lavantur, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; cf.: mei viri [[gener]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 87: generum [[nostrum]] [[ire]] cum adfini suo, id. Trin. 3, 1, 21: et [[gener]] et affines placent, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 4, 8, 25; id. And. 3, 3, 39; id. Hec. 4, 1, 22: C. Fannium et Quintum Scaevolam, generos Laelii, Cic. Rep. 1, 12; id. Lael. 1, 3; 8, 26; id. Att. 4, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 5, 56, 3; Quint. 6 praef. § 13; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; Ov. F. 3, 202; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 18 et saep.—Also, a [[daughter]]'s [[bridegroom]], Hor. Epod. 6, 13; Verg. A. 2, 344; cf.: generi et [[nurus]] appellatione [[sponsus]] [[quoque]] et [[sponsa]] continetur, Dig. 38, 10, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[husband]] of a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter, for [[progener]], qui conlegam et generum adsciverat Sejanum, Tac. A. 5, 6; 6, 8; cf.: generi appellatione et [[neptis]] et [[proneptis]] tam ex filio [[quam]] ex [[filia]] editarum, ceterarumque maritos contineri manifestum est, Dig. 50, 16, 136.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[sister]]'s [[husband]], [[brother]]-in-[[law]], Just. 18, 4; Nep. Paus. 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Comically, of a [[daughter]]'s [[paramour]]: Villius in [[Fausta]] Sullae [[gener]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 2, 64.

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