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natus

P. a., born. —Subst

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Where it lives

Iphicrates 2 · 48.9/10k
Timotheus 2 · 30.72/10k
Cupido cruciatur 2 · 27.14/10k
Epicedion in Patrem 1 · 26.39/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 27 · 23.97/10k
Troades 16 · 23.49/10k
Parentalia 6 · 23.09/10k
De Carne Christi 19 · 19.99/10k
Epaminondas 3 · 17.97/10k
Phoenissae 7 · 17.12/10k
Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 2 · 16.67/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 2 · 15.42/10k

Densest 12 of 224 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. nātus — Lewis & Short

nātus, a, um,

Part. and

I P. a., born. —Subst.: nātus, i, m., a son; v. nascor fin.

2. nātus — Lewis & Short

nātus, ūs (used only in

I abl. sing.), m. nascor, lit. birth; hence, *

I Of plants, a growing, growth: cupressus natu morosa, slow of growth, Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139.—

II With esp. reference to age, birth, age, years (the class. signif. of the word): non admodum grandis natu, not very old, Cic. Sen. 4, 10: tantus natu, so old, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 16: grandior natu, id. Aul. 2, 1, 37: P. Scaptius de plebe magno natu, an old man, Liv. 3, 71, 3: homo magno natu, id. 10, 38, 6: magno natu principes, id. 21, 34, 2: dicitur matrem Pausaniae vixisse eamque jam magno natu, Nep. Paus. 5, 3; id. Dat. 7, 1; id. Tim. 3, 1: qui fuit major natu, quam Plautus, older, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3: cum ille Q. Scaevolam sibi minorem natu generum praetulisset, id. Brut. 26, 101: est tibi frater pari nobilitate, natu major, Tac. H. 1, 15: audivi ex majoribus natu hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasicā, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109: ex iis (filiis) duo natu majores, Vell. 1, 10, 3: minorem natu, quam ipse erat, fratrem, Sen. ad Polyb. 15, 5: frater major natu, Liv. 3, 13, 2: id meā minime refert qui sum natu maximus, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27: praeter Philippum maximum natu ex filiis, Liv. 45, 6, 9: qui maximus natu esset ex liberis ejus. Nep. Ages. 1, 3: ita enim maximus ex iis in concilio respondit, the oldest, Liv. 21, 19 med.: filius non maximus natu, Tac. G. 32: ex his omnibus natu minimus, Q. Saturius est, the youngest, Cic. Clu. 38, 107: maximo natu filius, for maximus natu, his eldest son, Nep. Dat. 7, 1.

In the wild

Nate Vergil, Aeneid 3.182
natum Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 p20
natu Suetonius, Divus Augustus 31.4
natum Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.35.21.3
natu Plautus, Persa 3.1
nato Seneca, Troades 1

6 of 1,021 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. natus (scan p. 454; entry #7291).

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