뜻

1. 출생, 탄생, 출산
2. 국민
3. 인종, 일족, 혈족, 가계, 민족

1. birth
2. nation, people
3. race, class

예문

• Dixitque ei: " Ego Deus omnipotens. Cresce et multiplicare; gens et congregatio nationum erunt ex te, reges de lumbis tuis egredientur. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Genesis, 35 35:11)

  하느님께서 그에게 다시 말씀하셨다. “나는 전능한 하느님이다. 자식을 많이 낳고 번성하여라. 너에게서 한 민족이, 아니 민족들의 무리가 생겨날 것이다. 네 몸에서 임금들이 나올 것이다. (불가타 성경, 창세기, 35장 35:11)

• Nolite ambulare in legitimis nationum, quas ego expulsurus sum ante vos. Omnia enim haec fecerunt, et abominatus sum eas (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Leviticus, 20 20:23)

  너희는 내가 너희 앞에서 쫓아내려는 민족들의 풍속을 따라가서는 안 된다. 그들이 이런 짓들을 저질렀기 때문에 내가 그들을 역겨워하며, (불가타 성경, 레위기, 20장 20:23)

• Vos enim nostis quomodo habitaverimus in terra Aegypti et quomodo transierimus per medium nationum, quas transeuntes (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Deuteronomii, 29 29:15)

  우리가 이집트 땅에서 어떻게 살았는지, 또 우리가 민족들 가운데를 어떻게 지나왔는지 너희는 잘 알고 있다. (불가타 성경, 신명기, 29장 29:15)

• Cumque sevisset Israel, ascendebat Madian et Amalec ceterique orientalium nationum (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Iudicum, 6 6:3)

  이스라엘인들이 씨를 뿌려 놓으면, 미디안족과 아말렉족과 동방인들이 올라오곤 하였다. 그들이 그렇게 쳐 올라오곤 하였다. (불가타 성경, 판관기, 6장 6:3)

• indicavit mihi in totius orbis terrarum tribubus populum hostilem esse dispersum, qui, legibus suis contra omnium gentium faciens consuetudinem, regum iussa in perpetuum contemnat, ne consistat concordia nationum a nobis consolidata. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Esther, 3 3:13)

  (불가타 성경, 에스테르기, 3장 3:13)

유의어 사전

1. Gens and natio denote a people, in a physical sense, in the description of nations, as a society originating in common descent and relationship, without any apparent reference to civilization; whereas populus and civitas denote a people in a political sense, as a society formed by civilization and compact. Sall. Cat. 10, 1. Nationes feræ et populi ingentes subacti. Cic. Rep. i. 25. 2. Gens (γενετή) includes all people of the same descent, like φῦλον; natio (from γνήσιος) a single colony of the same, like ἔθνος. Vell. P. ii. 98. Omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis. Tac. G. 2, 38. But as gens, in this physical sense, as the complex term for several colonies, has a more comprehensive meaning than natio, so has it, at the same time, in its political accessory meaning, as a clan, γένος, or as the complex term for several families, a narrower meaning than populus; hence sometimes populus forms, as a civilized natio, a part of the natural gens. Liv. iv. 49. Bolanis suæ gentis populo, and Virg. A. x. 202; sometimes gens, as a political society, forms a part of populus: Justin. vii. 1. Adunatis gentibus variorum populorum. 3. Civitas (from κείω) denotes the citizens of a town collectively, πόλις, merely with regard to their interior connection, as including the inhabitants who are in the enjoyment of the full rights of citizenship, and the lawful possessors of the land; populus (redupl. of πόλις) means the people, δῆμος, more commonly in reference to their social relations, interior and exterior, and with the included notion of belonging to the state. A people can determine upon war as a civitas; but can carry it on only as a populus. A civitas is necessarily stationary; but a populus may consist of Nomades, or wanderers from one pasture to another.

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein