Ido

Verb

natus

1. conditional of natar

Latin

Alternative forms

• gnātus

Etymology

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.

Perfect passive participle of nāscor ‎(“I am born”).

Pronunciation

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

Participle

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

1. born, arisen, made

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

Noun

nātus m ‎(genitive nātūs); fourth declension

1. son, 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).

2. (of plants) growth, growing

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Catalan: nat
• Italian: nato
• Portuguese: nato
• Romanian: nat
• Spanish: nato

Noun

nātus m ‎(genitive natī); second declension

1. son

Inflection

Second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “natus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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