English → Latin
“born” in Latin
nāscorto be born, begotten; to arise, proceed; to grow, spring forthgignōto bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to; to produce, to cause, to yield; oriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
born
To be born, nasci, gigni (ex aliqua); in lucem edi, in vitam venire: with the feet foremost, pedibus gigni, in pedes procedere. A Grecian born, in Graecia natus, ortu Graecus. Who were Persians born, qui in Perside erant nati. New-born, recens natus. Before you were born, ante te natum.
To be descended, ortum, oriundum esse.
FIG., to be born (i. e., destined by nature) to a thing, ad aliquid natum or factum esse; ad aliquid natum aptumque esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for born?
- The usual Latin words for “born” are nāscor, gignō, orior. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.