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adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

nātūrālis

nātūrālis (neuter nātūrāle, adverb nātūrāliter)
Classical[naː.tuːˈraː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[na.tuˈraː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationnatural by birth, legitimate
  2. two terminationof or pertaining to nature
  3. two terminationof or pertaining to something's nature or qualities
  4. two terminationreal, not fictitious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenātūrālisnātūrālisnātūrāle
genitivenātūrālisnātūrālisnātūrālis
dativenātūrālīnātūrālīnātūrālī
accusativenātūrālemnātūrālemnātūrāle
ablativenātūrālīnātūrālīnātūrālī
vocativenātūrālisnātūrālisnātūrāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenātūrālēsnātūrālēsnātūrālia
genitivenātūrāliumnātūrāliumnātūrālium
dativenātūrālibusnātūrālibusnātūrālibus
accusativenātūrālīs
nātūrālēs		nātūrālīs
nātūrālēs		nātūrālia
ablativenātūrālibusnātūrālibusnātūrālibus
vocativenātūrālēsnātūrālēsnātūrālia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis
physics; natural philosophy.

nātūrālis, e, adj. natura,
I. natural, i. e.,
I. By birth, one's own: naturalis pater, opp. to adoptive father, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15: in adoptionem dato redire in familiam liceat, si pater naturalis sine liberis decesserit, Quint. 3, 6, 96: filius ( = κατὰ φύσιν υίός), Liv. 42, 52: Pauli nepos, id. 44, 44; Suet. Tib. 52; Gai. Inst. 2, 137; 3, 31: qui in avi sui naturalis potestate est, Dig. 37, 8, 1, § 2; also, natural, illegitimate ( = nothus), Dig. 40, 5, 40; 36, 1, 80, § 2; Aug. Conf. 6, 12; Inscr. Grut. 945, 3.—
II. Of or belonging to the nature of things, produced by or agreeable to nature, natural: naturale est alicui, it is natural to one, it is his innate quality, Plin. 11, 37. 54, § 144: historia, id. praef. § 1: motus naturalis, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19: societas, id. Off. 1, 16, 50: lex, id. N. D. 1, 14, 36: notio naturalis atque insita in animis nostris, id. Fin. 1, 9, 31: naturalis, non fucatus nitor, id. Brut. 9, 36: bonum, id. Cael. 5, 11: dies, a natural day, i. e. from sunrise to sunset, opp. to the dies civilis, Censor. de Die Nat. 23; v. civilis: mors, a natural, not a violent death, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180 (for the class. mors necessaria, Cic. Mil. 7, 16): naturales exitus, the anus, Col. 6, 30, 8: naturalia desideria, the serual impulse, id. 6, 24, 2; 6, 27, 7: loca naturalia, the sexual parts of men and animals, Cels. 1, p. 11 Milligan.—As subst.: nātūrāle, is, n., the private parts: sanguinis pars per naturale descendit, Cels. 5, 26, 13; 7, 26, 1 al.—More freq. plur., nātūrālĭa, ĭum, n., in same sense, Cels. 4, 21 init.; 5, 20, 4; 6, 18, 2 al.; Col. 6, 27, 10; Just. 1, 4, 2.—
III. Of or concerning nature, natural: naturales quaestiones, Cic. Part. 18, 64: historia, Plin. H. N. praef. § 1: philosophia, Isid. Orig. 2, 24, 12.—
IV. Opp. to fictitious, natural, real: philosophi duos Joves fecerunt, unum naturalem, alterum fabulosum, Lact. 1, 11. —Hence, adv.: nātūrālĭter, naturally, conformably to nature, by nature: nec vero umquam animus hominis naturaliter divinat, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 113: alacritas naturaliter innata, Caes. B. C. 3, 92: inter naturaliter dissimillimos, Vell. 2, 60, 5; Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130: profluere (urinam), Cels. 7, 26, 1; Hirt. B. Alex. 8: est aliquid in omni materiā naturaliter primum, Quint. 3, 8, 6.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātūrālis From nātūra (“nature”) + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Catalannatural
  • Italiannaturale
  • Englishnaturalfrom Old French natural
  • Frenchnaturelfrom Old French natural
  • Portuguesenaturalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese natural
  • Romaniannatural
  • Spanishnatural
  • Galiciannatural
  • Scotsnaituralfrom Old French natural
  • Bretonnaturelfrom Old French natural

Quick answers

What does nātūrālis mean in Latin?
nātūrālis, a adjective, means “natural by birth, legitimate; of or pertaining to nature; of or pertaining to something's nature or qualities”.
How do you pronounce nātūrālis?
In classical Latin, [naː.tuːˈraː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [na.tuˈraː.lis].