genii

Latin plural of genius. geniot (jē'ni-ō), n. [It. (= Sp. Pg. genio ), But, by reason of humane nature, wee have daily experience that as humours and genioes, so affections and judgment, which oftentimes is va ail to them, and every other thing else, doth vary and alter. Benvenuto , Pa engers' Dialogues (1612), It is not only to the general bent of a nation that great revolutions are owing, but to the extraordinary genios that lead them. Steele , Tatler, No. 5. genioglo al (jē-ni-o-glos'al), a. [As genio glo us + -al.] Pertaining to the chin and the tongue: applied to the genioglo us. genioglo us (je-ni-o-glos'us), n.; pl. genioglo i (-1). [Gr. γένειον, chin (see genial2 ), + γλῶσσα, tongue.] A usual name of the geniohyoglo us. geniohyoglo al (jē-ni-ō-hi-ō-glos'al), a. and n. [As geniohyoglo us + -al.] I. a. Pertaining to the chin, hyoid bone, and tongue: specifically applied to the geniohyoglo us. II. n. The geniohyoglo us. geniohyoglo us (je-ni-o-hi-o-glos'us), n.; pl. geniohyoglo i (-1). [ is a flat triangular muscle placed vertically in the tongue, on either side of the median line, arising from the upper genial tubercle of the lower jaw-bone, and spreading like a fan to its insertion in the hyoid bone and all along the under side of the tongue, various movements of which organ it subserves. Also called genioglo us. geniohyoid (jē-ni-ō-hioid), a. and n. [ applied to the geniohyoideus. II. n . The geniohyoideus. geniohyoidean (jē-niō-hi-oi'de-an), a. [