natis
Ido
Verb
natis
- past of natar
Latin
Etymology 1
From an apparent Proto-Indo-European *not- (“rear, buttock”), related to Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton), however the phonetics are problematic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈna.tis/, [ˈnät̪ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.tis/, [ˈnäːt̪is]
Noun
natis f (genitive natis); third declension
- rump, buttocks
- 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.43:
- Incurvābat Hylān positō Tīrynthius arcū:
Tū Megarān crēdis nōn habuisse natīs?
- Incurvābat Hylān positō Tīrynthius arcū:
Usage notes
More common in the plural form.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | natis | natēs |
| Genitive | natis | natium |
| Dative | natī | natibus |
| Accusative | natem | natēs natīs |
| Ablative | nate | natibus |
| Vocative | natis | natēs |
Synonyms
- clūnis
Descendants
- ⇒ Late Latin: *natica
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: natica
- Padanian:
- Ligurian: næga
- Piedmontese: naja
- Venetian: nadega
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: nage
- French: nache
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: natja
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: nalga, ñalga
- Galician: nádega
- Portuguese: nádega, nalga
- Spanish: nalga
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: nàdia, nàdica, nàdiga
- Italo-Romance:
Participle
nātīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nātus
References
- “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- natis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette