LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

natis

natis f (genitive natis)
Classical[ˈna.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.tis]

Meaning

  1. femininerump; buttocks
    Incurvābat Hylān positō Tīrynthius arcū: Tū Megarān crēdis nōn habuisse natīs? The Tirynthian man would put down his bow and bend Hylān over— do you think Megarā had no arse?86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 11.43

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenatisnatēs
genitivenatisnatium
dativenatīnatibus
accusativenatemnatēs
natīs
ablativenatenatibus
vocativenatisnatēs

nătis, is, more freq. in the plur., nă-tes, ium, f. akin to Gr. νῶτον, back; cf. νόσφι,
I. the rump, the buttocks.
(a). Sing.: diffissā nate, Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Auct. Priap. 77, 11; 83, 23: quod ejus natis fulmine icta erat, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. pullus, p. 244 and 245 Müll.—
(b). Plur.: nates pervellit, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: soleā pulsare nates, Juv. 6, 611; Mart. 14, 18, 2; with clunes, id. 3, 53, 3.—Of the rump of animals: nates turturum donare alicui, Mart. 3, 82, 21.

Origins

From an apparent Proto-Indo-European *not- (“rear, buttock”), related to Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton); however, the phonetics are problematic.

Descendants
  • Italiannaticafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Frenchnachefrom Late Latin *natica
  • Catalannatjafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Portuguesenalgafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Spanishnalgafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Portuguesenádegafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Spanishnadgafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Sardiniannàdiafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Sardiniannàdicafrom Late Latin *natica
  • Sardiniannàdigafrom Late Latin *natica

Quick answers

What does natis mean in Latin?
natis, a noun, means “rump; buttocks”.
What is the genitive of natis?
The genitive singular is natis. natis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce natis?
In classical Latin, [ˈna.tɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaː.tis].