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Ido
Verb
natis
- 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
- rump, buttocks
86 CE – 103 CE,
Martial,
Epigrammata 11.43:
- Incurvābat Hylān positō Tīrynthius arcū:
Tū Megarān crēdis nōn habuisse natīs?
Usage notes
More common in the plural form.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Synonyms
Descendants
- ⇒ Late Latin: *natica
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Etymology 2
Participle
nātīs
- 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.