natis

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Ido

Verb

natis

  1. past of natar

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

natis f (genitive natis); third declension

  1. rump, buttocks
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.43:
      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?
Usage notes

More common in the plural form.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative natis natēs
Genitive natis natium
Dative natī natibus
Accusative natem natēs
natīs
Ablative nate natibus
Vocative natis natēs
Synonyms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Participle

nātīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nātus

References

  • “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • natis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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