natus

Ido

Verb

natus

conditional of natar

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.tus/, [ˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tus/, [ˈnäːt̪us]

Etymology 1

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 is a later creation, and forms a doublet.

Alternative forms

gnātus

Participle

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

born, arisen, made
e/pro re nata ― under the circumstances

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	nātus	nāta	nātum	nātī	nātae	nāta
Genitive	nātī	nātae	nātī	nātōrum	nātārum	nātōrum
Dative	nātō	nātae	nātō	nātīs
Accusative	nātum	nātam	nātum	nātōs	nātās	nāta
Ablative	nātō	nātā	nātō	nātīs
Vocative	nāte	nāta	nātum	nātī	nātae	nāta

Related terms

nātālis
nātīvitās
nātīvus

Descendants

Aromanian: nat
Catalan: nat
Old Francoprovençal: naz, na
- Franco-Provençal: ná
Old French: né
- French: né
  - → English: né
Galician: nada, nado; → nato
Istriot: nato
Italian: nato
Occitan: nat
Piedmontese: nà
Portuguese: nada, nado; → nato
Romanian: nat
Romansch: nat
Sicilian: natu
Spanish: nada, nadie; → nato
Venetian: nato

Noun

nātus m (genitive nātī); second declension

son, children (Plural)
Synonyms: fīlius, līber

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nātus	nātī
Genitive	nātī	nātōrum
Dative	nātō	nātīs
Accusative	nātum	nātōs
Ablative	nātō	nātīs
Vocative	nāte	nātī

Descendants

Romanian: nat

Etymology 2

From nāscor (“to be born”) +‎ -tus.

Noun

nātus m (genitive nātūs); fourth declension

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
(of plants) growth, growing

Usage notes

Used only in the ablative singular case.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nātus	nātūs
Genitive	nātūs	nātuum
Dative	nātuī	nātibus
Accusative	nātum	nātūs
Ablative	nātū	nātibus
Vocative	nātus	nātūs

Derived terms

maior nātū
minor nātū

References

“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, 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