natus

Verb edit

natus

1. conditional of natar

Pronunciation edit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.tus/, [ˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tus/, [ˈnäːt̪us]

Etymology 1 edit

Perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”). From older gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth, beget”). The form genitus (used as the perfect passive participle of gignō) is a later creation, and forms a doublet.

Alternative forms edit

• gnātus

Participle edit

nātus (feminine nāta, neuter nātum); first/second-declension participle

1. born, arisen, made

   e/pro re nata ― under the circumstances

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Related terms edit

• nātālis
• nātīvitās
• nātīvus

Descendants edit

Noun edit

nātus m (genitive nātī, feminine nāta); second declension

1. son

   Synonym: fīlius

2. (in the plural) children

   Synonyms: fīlius, līber

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Descendants edit

• Romanian: nat

Etymology 2 edit

From nāscor (“to be born”) +‎ -tus.

Noun edit

nātus m (genitive nātūs); fourth declension

1. birth, age, years
   • From Adelphoe (The Brothers) by Terence (Terentius).

     Id mea minime refert qui sum natu maximus.

     If our means fail, that least concerns me, as I am the eldest (of most age).

   • 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis I.122:

     est igitur adulescentis maiores natu vereri

     and therefore it is a young man’s [duty] to respect his elders

2. (of plants) growth, growing

Usage notes edit

• Used only in the ablative singular case natū.

Declension edit

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms edit

References edit

• “natus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• natus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• natus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • son of such and such a father, mother: patre, (e) matre natus
    
  • a native of Rome: Romae natus, (a) Roma oriundus
    
  • aged: grandis natu
    
  • the elde: maior (natu)
    
  • how old are you: quot annos natus es?
    
  • I am thirteen years old: tredecim annos natus sum
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • within the memory of man: post homines natos
    
  • to be born for a thing, endowed by nature for it: natum, factum esse ad aliquid (faciendum)
    
  • to be a born orator: natum, factum esse ad dicendum
    
  • of high rank: summo loco natus
    
  • of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
    
  • of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus
    
  • of humble, obscure origin: humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus
    
  • from the lowest classes: infimo loco natus
    
  • a knight by birth: equestri loco natus or ortus
    
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti