The corpus record — Latin

nativitas

nativitas · f

birth, nativity

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Where it lives

De Carne Christi 35 · 36.82/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 11 · 9.8/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 3 · 7.68/10k
De Anima 14 · 5.89/10k
De idolatria 3 · 4.35/10k
Adversus Marcionem 25 · 3.02/10k
Adversus Praxean 4 · 2.71/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nātīvĭtas — Lewis & Short

nātīvĭtas, ātis, f.nativus,

I birth, nativity (post-class.; cf. ortus): municipem aut nativitas aut adoptio facit, Dig. 50, 1, 1: janua nativitatis, Tert. Anim. 39: vultum nativitatis, natural face, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 23. —

(b) Plur., Tert. Spect. 30.—

2 A generation: usque ad quartam nativitatem, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 27 fin.

In the wild

nativitatem Tertullian, De Carne Christi 1
nativitatis Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 8
nativitatem Tertullian, De Scorpiace 15
nativitate Tertullian, De Anima 41
nativitatis Tertullian, De Carne Christi 19
nativitatis Tertullian, Apologeticum 21.10

6 of 104 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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