genius: difference between revisions

* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/|a=RP}}

* {{rhymesaudio|en|iːniəsen-us-genius.ogg|sa=3US}}

{{en-noun|~|+|genii}}

# {{senseid|en|talented or smart person}} {{lb|en|countable}} Someone possessing extraordinary [[intelligence]] or [[skill]]; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

# {{senseid|en|capacity of a talented or smart person}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} Extraordinary [[mental]] [[capacity]].

# {{senseid|en|inspiration or inspired performance}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[inspiration|Inspiration]], a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

# {{senseid|en|animating spirit}} {{lb|en|countable|Roman mythology|also|figuratively}} The [[tutelary deity]] or [[spirit]] of a [[place]] or [[person]].

#* '''1715''', {{wquote-text|en|year=1715|author=w:Edward Burnett Tylor}}, ''|title=Primitive Culture''

#*: |passage=We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The '''genius''' of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity.}}

#* '''{{quote-text|en|year=1866''', |author=Frederick F. Wyman, ''|title=From Calcutta to the Snowy Range'' (|page =330)

#*: |passage=An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the '''genius''' of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; {{...}}}}

{{rootsee|en|ine|ǵenh₁}}

* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|عَبْقَرِيّ|?}}, {{t|ar|نابغة|tr=nābiḡa}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|géniusz}}, {{t+|hu|zseni}}, {{t+|hu|lángész}}, {{t+|hu|lángelme}}

* Persian: {{t+|fa|نابغه|tr=nâbeğe}}, {{t+|fa|ژنی|tr=ženi}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|génio|m}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}, {{t+|pt|gênio|m}} {{qualifier|Brazil}}, {{t+|pt|crânio|m}} {{qualifier|Brazil, informal}}

* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|henyo}}

* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|henyo}}

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{{lbor|id|la|genius|t=[[inborn]] [[nature]]; a [[tutelary deity]] of a [[person]] or [[place]]; [[wit]], [[brilliance]]}}, from {{m|la|gignō|t=to beget, produce}}, {{der|enid|itc-ola|genō}}, from the {{der|id|ine-pro|-}} root {{m|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}. {{doublet|id|enjin|insinyur|zeni}}.

* {{a|standard}} {{IPA|id|[ɡeˈniʊs]|a=standard}}

* {{a|common}} {{IPA|id|[dʒeˈniʊs]|a=common}}

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Ultimately from {{der|la|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to beget}}, perhaps through {{der|enla|itc-ola|genō|t=to beget, give birth; to produce, cause}}, {{suf|nocat=1|ine-pro||*-yós|alt2=*-yos}}; compare {{cog|gem-pro|*kunją||{{l|en|kin}}}} and {{cog|sa|जन्य|tr=jánya|t=lineage, tribe, people|g=n}}, though all probably independent formations. Comparisons with {{noncog|arc|ܓܢܝܐ|tr=ginnaya|t=tutelary deity}}, and with Arabic {{noncog|ar|جِنِّي|t=[[jinn]], [[spirit]], [[demon]]}} and {{m|ar|جَنِين|t=[[embryo]], [[germ]]}}, suggest the effects of an older {{der|la|qfa-sub}} word.

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