LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nātīvus

nātīvus (feminine nātīva, neuter nātīvum)
Classical[naːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[naˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecreated, made
  2. adjectiveinborn, innate, imparted by birth
  3. adjectivenatural, native, made by nature and not artificial
  4. adjectiveoriginal, primitive, primary
  5. Medieval Latinadjectivenief (or neyf)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenātīvusnātīvanātīvum
genitivenātīvīnātīvaenātīvī
dativenātīvōnātīvaenātīvō
accusativenātīvumnātīvamnātīvum
ablativenātīvōnātīvānātīvō
vocativenātīvenātīvanātīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenātīvīnātīvaenātīva
genitivenātīvōrumnātīvārumnātīvōrum
dativenātīvīsnātīvīsnātīvīs
accusativenātīvōsnātīvāsnātīva
ablativenātīvīsnātīvīsnātīvīs
vocativenātīvīnātīvaenātīva

nātīvus, a, um, adj. nascor,
I. that has arisen from or by birth; born (cf. naturalis).
I. Lit. (class.): mundus, made, created, Lucr. 5, 66: animus, id. 3, 417: Anaximandri opinio est, nativos esse deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25.—
II. Transf.
A. Imparted by birth, inborn, innate: ut appareret, in eo nativum quendam leporem esse, non ascitum, Nep. Att. 4, 1: mulier si nativā sterilitate sit, Gell. 4, 2, 9: malum, hunger (opp. delatum), Cic. Dom. 5, 12: sensus (with domesticus), id. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—
B. Opp. to artificial, that is produced by nature, not artificial, natural, native (class.): beluae partim fluitantes, partim nativis testis inhaerentes, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: urbis (Romae) ipsius nativa praesidia, id. Rep. 2, 6, 11: nativae oves, whose wool is used in its natural color, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191: montes nativi salis, id. 31, 7, 39, § 77: color, id. 32, 7, 24, § 74: specus, Tac. A. 4, 59: arcus, Ov. M. 3, 160: coma, original, former, genuine, id. Am. 1, 14, 56.—
2. In partic., in gram.: nativa verba, primitive words, primitives: simplicia verba partim nativa sunt, partim reperta: nativa ea quae significata sunt sensu; reperta, quae ex his facta sunt, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 16; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 36.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*gnātos
  4. Latinnātīvus

Latin nātus Latin īvus Latin nātīvus From nātus (“born”) + īvus.

Descendants
  • Catalannadiu
  • Catalannatiu
  • Italiannativo
  • Occitannadiu
  • Occitannadieu
  • Occitannatiu
  • Frenchnatiffrom Old French natif
  • Englishnativefrom Old French natif
  • Frenchnaïffrom Old French naïf
  • Englishnaivefrom Old French naïf

In English words that came into English from nātīvus

  • nativenātīvus
  • naivenātīvus
  • nativitynativitas
  • niefnātīvus
  • neifnātīvus

Quick answers

What does nātīvus mean in Latin?
nātīvus, a adjective, means “created, made; inborn, innate, imparted by birth; natural, native, made by nature and not artificial”.
How do you pronounce nātīvus?
In classical Latin, [naːˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [naˈtiː.vus].
Where does nātīvus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós → Proto-Italic *gnātos → Latin nātīvus.
Which English words come from nātīvus?
English words that go back to Latin nātīvus include native, naive, nief, neif and nativity.