Genos

Japanese: genos
Genos

…To protect their members and to defend their interests, clans resorted to self-help measures, but once the state was organized and the order based on blood feuds was overcome, clans only remained as aristocratic status.
[Greece]
The Greek equivalent of the Roman gens is the root genos, a collection of families (oikos) conceived as having a common ancestry.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "genos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…氏族の所属者の保護と利益擁護のためには自力救済の手段がとられたが,国家組織が整い血讐による秩序が克服されると,氏族は貴族身分として残存するにすぎなくなった。【本村 凌二】
[ギリシア]
 ローマ人のゲンスに当たるギリシア語は同語根のゲノスgenosである。これは共通の祖先をもつと観念された複数の家族(オイコス)の集合体である。…

※「genos」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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