nativus

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Latin

Etymology

From nātus (born) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nātīvus (feminine nātīva, neuter nātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. created, made
  2. inborn, innate, imparted by birth
  3. natural, native, made by nature and not artificial
  4. (grammar, of words) original, primitive, primary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative nātīvus nātīva nātīvum nātīvī nātīvae nātīva
genitive nātīvī nātīvae nātīvī nātīvōrum nātīvārum nātīvōrum
dative nātīvō nātīvae nātīvō nātīvīs
accusative nātīvum nātīvam nātīvum nātīvōs nātīvās nātīva
ablative nātīvō nātīvā nātīvō nātīvīs
vocative nātīve nātīva nātīvum nātīvī nātīvae nātīva

Derived terms

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References

  • nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.