genii

[ jee-nee-ahy ]

/ ˈdʒi niˌaɪ /

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noun

a plural of genius.

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How to use genii in a sentence

Genii protect individuals and places: springs, hills, cities, and army barracks all had a genius loci, a genius of the place.
What is a Genius?|Nick Romeo|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the Romans simply transferred many of the functions of genii to angels.
What is a Genius?|Nick Romeo|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But now, as if some fabled genii had come to his aid, fortune had suddenly poured her favours into his lap.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
Among the branches flit birds, and winged genii like little cupids.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow

As the bird must fly north in springtime, so must I drink the hemp smoke, when the genii bid, or die.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
The warm wind bore to them the sniff of the sand-dunes, spiced groves, and genii's islands far to southward.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
It seemed here as if the genius of fire had striven to outdo the grotesque extravagances of the genii of the waters.
Overland|John William De Forest

British Dictionary definitions for genii

genii

/ (ˈdʒiːnɪˌaɪ) /

noun

the plural of genius (def. 5), genius (def. 6)

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