Genius

jēn′yus, or jē′ni-us, n. the special inborn faculty of any individual: special taste or disposition qualifying for a particular employment: a man having such power of mind: a good or evil spirit, supposed by the ancients to preside over every person, place, and thing, and esp. to preside over a man's destiny from his birth: prevailing spirit or tendency: type or generic exemplification—( obs. ) Gēn′io :— pl. Geniuses (jēn′yus-ez). — Genius loci (L.), the presiding divinity of a place:— pl. Genii (jē′ni-ī). [L. genius — gignĕre , genitum , to beget.] Genoese to Gold fāte, fär; mē, hėr; mīne; mōte; mūte; mōōn; th en.