noun · masculinesecond declension
nātus1
nātus m (genitive nātī, feminine nāta)
Classical[ˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.tus]
№ 211 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- son
- in pluralchildren
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīlius; nātī = līberī.nātus -ī m — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
quī nātus est, fīliusnātus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 9
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nātus | nātī |
| genitive | nātī | nātōrum nātuum |
| dative | nātō nātuī | nātīs nātibus |
| accusative | nātum | nātōs |
| ablative | nātō nātū | nātīs nātibus |
| vocative | nāte | nātī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- grandis natu
- aged.
- maior (natu)
- the elder
- summo loco natus
- of high rank.
- infimo loco natus
- from the lowest classes.
- post homines natos
- within the memory of man.
- quot annos natus es?
- how old are you?
- patre, (e) matre natus
- son of such and such a father, mother.
- tredecim annos natus sum
- I am thirteen years old.
9 more phrases
- pro re (nata), pro tempore
- according to circumstances.
- humili, obscuro loco natus
- of humble, obscure origin.
- equestri loco natus or ortus
- a knight by birth.
- Romae natus, (a) Roma oriundus
- a native of Rome.
- natum, factum esse ad dicendum
- to be a born orator.
- humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus
- of humble, obscure origin.
- ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
- this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us.
- natum, factum esse ad aliquid (faciendum)
- to be born for a thing, endowed by nature for it.
- nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- of illustrious family.
nātus, a, um, Part. and
I. P. a., born. —Subst.: nātus, i, m., a son; v. nascor fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nātus (gnā-) adj.
P. of nascor, born, made, destined, designed, intended, produced by nature, fit : huic natus rei, ferundis miseriis, T.: non sibi soli: loca insidiis, L.: vir ad omnia summa: canor mulcendas natus ad aurīs, O.: in vanos tumultūs gens, L.: Nos fruges consumere nati, H.: animal tolerare labores, O.: nati in usum laetitiae scyphi, H.: dira in periuria linguae, O.: adversus Romanos hostis, L.: animal propter convivia, Iu. —Plur n . as subst: terrā nata, productions of.— Constituted by nature : non scripta sed nata lex: ita natus locus est, L.: versūs male, H.—In the phrases, pro re natā, or (old) e re natā, under present circumstances, as matters are : ut in iis pro re natā non incommode possint esse: E re natā melius fieri haud potuit, T.—With a phrase expressing time, old, of the age of : eques annos prope XC natus: Cato annos octoginta natus excessit e vitā, at the age of .—With maior or minor: annos natast sedecim, Non maior, T.: minor quinque et viginti annis natus, N.: homo annos maior quadraginta, over forty years old : liberi maiores quam quindecim annos, L.—With plus or amplius : annos sexaginta natus es aut plus, T.: non amplius novem annos natus, N.—As subst m., a son : crudelis, V.: caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes, children : Cum pecore et gnatis, H.
(nātus, ūs) m
GEN-, only abl. sing, birth, age, years (in phrases expressing age): pater grandis natu, very old : Scaptius de plebe magno natu, an old man , L.: maior natu quam Plautus, older : qui sum natu maxumus, T.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest , L.: natu minimus, the youngest : maximo natu filius, his eldest son , N.
Origins
Perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”). From older gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth, beget”). The form genitus (used as the perfect passive participle of gignō) is a later creation, and forms a doublet.
Descendants
- Italiannato
- Romaniannat