genius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genio. See also genus and genie. === Pronunciation === enPR: jēniəs, jēnyəs (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/, /ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/ Rhymes: -iːniəs, -iːnjəs === Noun === genius (countable and uncountable, plural geniuses or genii) (countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genius Antonym: idiot Coordinate term: idiot savant (uncountable) Extraordinary mental capacity. (uncountable) Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. (countable, Roman mythology, also figuratively) The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person. Synonyms: tutelary deity; see also Thesaurus:spirit ==== Usage notes ==== The plural genii, although usual in mythology (noun sense 4), is rare and only used humorously to refer to talented or smart people (noun sense 1). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === genius (comparative more genius, superlative most genius) (informal) Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original. ==== Usage notes ==== Some writers put this word in quotation marks, especially in comparative or superlative expressions, indicating that they do not yet find it fully acceptable. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “genius”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “genius”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Genius”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 143. === Anagrams === Seguin == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === jenius (nonstandard) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of enjin, insinyur, and zeni. === Pronunciation === (standard) IPA(key): [ɡeˈniʊs] (common) IPA(key): [dʒeˈniʊs] Hyphenation: gé‧ni‧us === Adjective === genius (comparative lebih genius, superlative paling genius) genius: ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original ==== Affixed terms ==== === Further reading === “genius”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”), perhaps through Old Latin genō (“to beget, give birth; to produce, cause”), +‎ *-yos; compare Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin”) and Sanskrit जन्य n (jánya, “lineage, tribe, people”), though all probably independent formations. Comparisons with Aramaic ܓܢܝܐ (ginnaya, “tutelary deity”), and with Arabic جِنِّي (jinnī, “jinn, spirit, demon”) and جَنِين (janīn, “embryo, germ”), suggest the effects of an older substrate word. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.us] === Noun === genius m (genitive geniī or genī); second declension the deity or guardian spirit of a person, place, etc.; a daemon, a daimon (cf. Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn)) an inborn nature or innate character, especially (though not exclusively) as endowed by a personal (especially tutelar) spirit or deity. (with respect to the enjoyment of life) the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations (of the intellect) wit, talents, genius (rare) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Quotations ==== Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 328f. containing Albius Tibullus III, XI, 9f. = IV, V, 9f. with a translation into English by J. P. Postgate: magne Geni, cape tura libens votisque faveto, si modo, cum de me cogitat, ille calet. Great Genius, take this incense with a will, and smile upon my prayer, if only when he thinks on me his pulse beats high. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “genius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “genius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "genius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “genius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “genius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “genius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “genius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin genius. Doublet of geni. === Noun === genius m (definite singular geniusen, indefinite plural genier, definite plural geniene) genius === References === “genius” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “genius” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin genius. Doublet of geni. === Noun === genius m (definite singular geniusen, indefinite plural geniusar, definite plural geniusane) genius === References === “genius” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.