J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 297 God genius is to menynge a spirit þat foloweþ a man al his lyf time.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil ix. iv. 49 Gif that euery mannis schrewit desyre Be as his God and Genyus in that place.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece sig. Aiijv Thair is na thing may be so odius To man, as leif in miserie and wo Defraudand god of nature Genius .

1607 M. Drayton 3 The pale Genius of that aged flood.

a1640 T. Risdon (1811) (modernized text) §225 237 Genii of the spring.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal iv. 61 To your glad Genius sacrifice this day [L. genialis agatur iste dies]; Let common Meats respectfully give way.

1701 N. Rowe i. i. 51 Let their Guardian Genii still be watchful.

1747 W. Collins 32 Britannia's Genius bends to Earth.

1834 T. Carlyle ii. v. 51/2 It was his guiding Genius (Dämon) that inspired him; he must go forth and meet his Destiny.

1843 C. Dickens i. 19 It seemed as if the Genius of the Weather sat in mournful meditation on the threshold.

1962 R. W. Hutchinson viii. 124 It was the house snake that was fed and revered as the genius , the guardian angel of the house.

1983 L. Hyde iii. 53 According to Apuleius, if a man cultivated his genius through..sacrifice, it would become a lar, a protective household god, when he died.