English → Latin
“natural” in Latin
nātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate; of or pertaining to nature; of or pertaining to something's nature or qualitiesefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, proficīscorto set out, depart, leavenātīvuscreated, made; inborn, innate, imparted by birth; natural, native, made by nature and not artificialīnserōto introduce into; to insert; to graft on; to implantquaerōto seek, look for; to ask, question, seek or search for a thing, inquire, query, interrogate; to strive for; endeavor; s
The English word natural itself goes back to Latin nāscor, through nātūrālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
natural
naturalis (in almost all the senses of the English word; opposed to artificiosus, and also opposed to arcessitus or quaesitus; opposed to fucatus; and opposed to adoptatus): ab ipsa natura factus, effectus, or profectus (proceeding from nature itself; opposed to artificiosus): nativus (so constituted by nature; opposed to artificiosus; opposed to quaesitus): naturaliter iunatus or insitus, innatus atque insitus (innate, of properties; opposed to arcessitus, quaesitus): proprius et naturalis (peculiar to nature); to anyone, alicujus: vivus (living, as if alive, e.g. calor; then = not made, etc., by art; e.g., water; opposed to spring water; a hedge; opposed to maceries, a wall): simplex, sincerus (simple, without addition; also = inartificial, upright; of persons; opposed to fucatus): verus (true; opposed to simulatus, of speech, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sincerus atque verus (opposed to fucatus et simulatus): a natural right, naturae jus aliquid (Cic., Legg., 1, 14, 40; different from jus naturale = natural right; i. e., the whole compass of all natural rights; opposed to jus chile; Vid: Cic., Sext., 42, 91): a natural impulse, naturalis cupiditas or appetitus: natural understanding, naturae hahitus bonus (opposed to doctrina, after Cic., Arch., 7, 15, but not natura sine doctrina): natura mentis (natural quality of the understanding, Quint., 10, 2, 5): prudentia communis (common prudence, Cic., Fin., 4, 27, extr.): natural aptitude, facultas a natura profecta: to have a natural inclination to anything, a natura proclivem esse ad aliquid: a thing is natural to anyone, aliquid alicui naturaliter innatum or natura insitum est; aliquid proprium et naturale alicujus est: it is natural to us, that, etc., natura nobis hoc datum est, ut, etc.: a natural reason, cause, causa, ratio, naturalis, or ab ipsa rerum natura profecta: whatever lakes place must have some natural cause, quidquid oritur causam habeat a natura necesse est: a natural son, filius naturalis (opposed to filius adoptatus): filius non legitimus, filius pellice ortus, filius nothus (not born in lawful wedlock. ☞ Filius naturalis occurs in this sense first in the Pandects): a natural father, pater naturalis (opposed to pater adoptator): pater non justus or non legitimus (of a child not burn in lawful wedlock; opposed to pater justus, legitimus): a natural death, mors naturalis (opposed to arcessita or violenta): natural religion, insita dei vel potius innata cognitio (Vid: Cic., N.D., 1, 17, 44): to be a natural consequence of anything, ex ipsa rei natura sequi: this is a natural consequence, hoc aliter fieri non potest: it is natural, necesse est (necessary): par est (fitting, agreeable to order): this is quite natural, hoc non mirandum est; hoc ex naturae legibus fit: to speak in a natural manner, loqui ut natura fert: to represent anything in a natural manner, ad verum exprimere aliquid; alicujus rei imaginem exprimere, quae veluti in rem praesentem perducere audientes videatur (after Quint., 4, 2, 123): quite natural! minime mirum id quidem! a collector of natural specimens, *qui rerum naturalium exempla undique conquirit: natural parts or talents, natura, naturae habitus (the natural constitution of a mind): ingenium (mental abilities, natural endowments). (The words are found in this connection and order.) natura atque ingenium; indoles (natural parts or talents, in a moral point of view, and so far as they are capable of improvement): naturne dotes or munera (gifts or endowments of nature): naturae instrumenta, -orum, neuter (means furnished by nature; all the expressions opposed to litterae, disciplina): good natural parts or talents, naturae bonitas; naturale quoddam bonum; ingenii bonitas, (more strongly), excellens ingenii bonitas; natura admirabilis; natura eximia et illustris: to have or possess (good) natural parts or talents, ingenio valere; bona indole praeditum esse; naturae muneribus ornatum esse, (more strongly), praestantissimo ingenio praeditum esse; excellentis ingenii magnitudine ornatum esse: to have a natural talent for anything, alicujus rei gerendae a natura adjumenta habere: a natural appearance, quod in rerum natura fit; ostentum; prodigium; portentum: a natural fault or defect, vitium naturae or a natura profectum; damnum naturae (as Liv., 7, 4, damnum naturae alere et fovere, to cherish a natural defect): natural history, historia naturalis or naturae (with the ancients of wider signification than with us): a natural philosopher, physicus (φυσικός, as an explorer of nature): Empedocles was a celebrated natural philosopher, Empedocles in naturalis philosophiae studio floruit (Gell., 17, 21): natural philosophy, physica, -orum, neuter (φυσικά); or pure Latin, philosophia naturalis (the latter, Gell., 17, 21): a natural production, quod terra gignit or parit; quod gignitur in or e terra: the natural beauty of a country, amoenitas: a natural state, status naturae: natural impulse, natura.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for natural?
- The usual Latin words for “natural” are nātūrālis, efficiō, proficīscor; also nātīvus, īnserō, quaerō. 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.