在其最初的词形当中，天才一词与一种能力有关，即家族首领（男性家长）延续自身的能力。

In its earliest form, genius was concerned with the ability of the head of the family, the paterfamilias, to perpetuate himself.

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如果他或她不是出生在印度，你就必须查明其家长的血统及其家族的语言。

If he or she is not born in India, you will have to probe the origins of parents and the languages spoken at home.

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雨果·沃尔德曼是整个家族的大家长，众多的侄子、外甥、和姻亲们住在大广场街上稍差的公寓大厦里。

Hugo Waldman was the paterfamilias of the whole tribe-nephews, Cousins, and uncles-in-law who lived along the Concourse in lesser palaces.

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