kind (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (steady friends) of which k. there is a great dearth, cujus g. est magna penuria, Cic. Am. 17, 622. mŏdus3. expr. by pron. adjj., tālis, quālis, of such a k. as ...; qualiscunque, of whatever k., etc. • kind (subs.): 1. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (steady friends) of which k. there is a great dearth, cujus g. est magna penuria, Cic. Am. 17, 62: k.s of wine, vini genera, Plin. 14, 6, 8: sometimes used in acc. adverbially, to write something of that k., aliquid id genus scribere, Cic. Att. 13, 12, init. 2. mŏdus: chiefly i gen. sing.: of the same kind, of whatever kind, etc., ejusdem modi, cujuscunque modi, etc.: Cic. passim. 3. expr. by pron. adjj., tālis, quālis, of such a k. as ...; qualiscunque, of whatever k., etc.: cf. L. G. § 83: of all k.s, omnigĕnus (poet.): Lucr.: Virg. (in prose, omni genere).