(P. a.v. dep.P. a.Adj.) : nascor, nātus, nasci (ante-class., and in poets of the class. period also gnatus, v. under P. a. B.;
* Part. fut. nasciturus, Pall. Jun. 7, § 8; Vulg. Judic. 13, 8), 3, v. dep. from gnascor, gnatus, root gen, whence gigno; cf. Gr. γεννάω, to be born, to be begotten (of or by male or female).
* Lit.; constr. with ex or de and abl., or with abl. alone; rarely with ab and abl.
* With ex and abl. (esp. with name or other appellation of the mother): cum ex utrāque (uxore) filius natus esset,Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183: cujus ex filiā natus est Sestius,id. Fam. 13, 8, 1: Servius Tullius ex serva Tarquiniensi natus,id. Rep. 2, 21, 37: ex hac feminā debuit nasci, qui, etc.,Sen. ad Helv. 16, 6: natam sibi ex Poppaeā filiam,Tac. A. 15, 23 init.: ex Thetide natus,Quint. 3, 7, 11: ex Urbiniā natus,id. 7, 2, 5: Alexandri filius natus ex Barsine,Just. 13, 2, 7; cf.: negantis (Domitii) quidquam ex se et Agrippinā nisi detestabile nasci potuisse,Suet. Ner. 6: quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera,Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf.: convinces facile ex te esse natum, nam tui similis est probe,Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 7: ex militibus Romanis et Hispanis mulieribus natos se memorantes,Liv. 43, 3, 2; very rarely with a designation of the father, and only with pronouns: ex hoc Domitius nascitur,Suet. Ner. 4 init.: Neoptolemus ex quo nata est Olympias,Just. 17, 3, 14: ex quo nasci nepotes deceat,Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 2: illum ex me natum,Val. Max. 5, 10 ext. 3; cf.: quod tibi filiolus vel filia nascitur ex me,Juv. 9, 83.
* Trop.
* Transf., to rise, take beginning, derive origin, spring forth, grow, be found: O fortunatam natam me consule Romam, Cic. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 24; and ap. Juv. 10, 122: humi nascentia fraga,Verg. E. 3, 92: cum nata fuerint folia,Vulg. Marc. 13, 28: nascitur ibi plumbum album in mediterraneis regionibus,is found, produced,Caes. B. G. 5, 12: onyx nascitur circa Thebas Aegyptias,Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 61: ex palude nascitur amnis,rises,id. 36, 26, 65, § 190: nascere, praeque diem veniens age, Lucifer, almum,rise,Verg. E. 8, 17: unde nigerrimus Auster Nascitur,id. G. 3, 278: nascens luna,Hor. C. 3, 23, 2; id. S. 2, 4, 30: nascentia templa,newly built,Mart. 6, 4, 3: Circaeis nata forent an Lucrinum ad saxum ... ostrea,Juv. 4, 140.—To rise, be formed (of a hill): ab eo flumine collis nascebatur,Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.: nascitur altera moles,Sil. 3, 530.
* With ab and abl.: generari et nasci a principibus,Tac. H. 1, 16: et qui nascentur ab illo,Verg. G. 1, 434.
* In other constrr.: post homines natos,since men have lived,Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 1: post genus hominum natum,id. Balb. 10, 26: in miseriam nascimur,id. Tusc. 1, 5, 9: aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,with the feet foremost,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149: ad homines nascendos vim hujus numeri (septenarii) pertinere,to the formation of man in the womb,Gell. 3, 10, 7: homo nascitur ad laborem,i. e. it is his nature to suffer it,Vulg. Job, 5, 7.
* To arise, spring forth, proceed from, be produced: scribes ad me, ut mihi nascatur epistulae argumentum,Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 2: nulla tam detestabilis pestis est, quae non homini ab homine nascatur,id. Off. 2, 5, 16: fateor ea me studiose secutum ex quibus vera gloria nasci posset,id. Fam. 15, 4, 13: facinus natum a cupiditate,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 82; id. Font. 16, 37: visus ei dicitur draco ... dicere quo illa loci nasceretur,id. Div. 2, 66, 135: strumae nascuntur maxime in cervice,Cels. 5, 28, 7; 7, 12, 1fin.; 7, 6, 4 fin.: onychem in Arabiae tantum montibus nasci putavere,Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: frumenta nata sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 63, § 147: ex quo uno haec omnia nata et profecta esse concedit,id. Quint. 28, 85; id. Agr 2, 33, 90: profectio nata a timore defectionis,Caes. B. G. 7, 43: querelae verae nascuntur pectore ab imo,Cat. 64, 198: omnis obligatio vel ex contractu nascitur vel ex delicto,Gai. Inst. 3, 88 sq.—With ut: ex hoc nascitur ut,hence it follows that,Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63; Sen. Ep. 74, 11.
* Esp., of the spiritual renewal of a religious experience, to be regenerated, born again (eccl. Lat.): quod natum est ex spiritu, spiritus est,Vulg. Johan. 3, 6: nasci denuo,id. ib. 3, 7: natus ex Deo,id. 1 Johan. 3, 9, etc.—Hence, P. a.
* Nascens, entis, arising, beginning, nascent, infant, immature: ante Periclem et Thucydidem, qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt, littera nulla est, etc.,Cic. Brut. 7, 27: eloquentiam pueris induunt adhuc nascentibus,Petr. 4: (vitulus) vexat nascenti robora cornu,Juv. 12, 9.
* Subst.: nascentia, ĭum, n., organic bodies, esp. plants, Vitr. 5, 1, 3; 5, 8, 1.
* Nātus, a, um, P. a., born; hence
* Subst.: nātus (gnātus), i, m., a son; and nāta (gnāta), ae, f. (dat. and abl. pl. natabus, where ambiguity is to be avoided, Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P.; Inscr. Orell. 7421; Phocas, p. 1707 P.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 29), a daughter; in plur.: nati (gnati), children, offspring: caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes,Cic. Lael. 8, 27: bellum prope inter parentes natosque,Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 5, 40, 3: cum pecore et gnatis,Hor. S. 2, 2, 115: et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,Verg. A. 7, 518: mihi ausculta, nate, pueros jube cremarier, Enn. ap. Non. 246, 11 (Trag. v. 329 Vahl.); Hor. S. 1, 3, 43: natam conlocare alicui,Plaut. Aul. Arg. 1, 15: o gnata, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 46 Vahl.): si quis gnatam pro mutā devovet agnā,Hor. S. 2, 3, 219; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 199: Hectoris natum de muro jactarier, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll. (Trag. v. 130 Vahl.); so, Nerei natae, id. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 135 Vahl.): maxima natarum Priami,Verg. A. 1, 654; Ov. M. 13, 661.—Esp. in the phrase natus nemo, not a human being, nobody (Plautine for nemo mortalis): tamquam si natus nemo in aedibus habitet,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 55 Lorenz ad loc.; id. ib. 2, 2, 20: nato nemini,id. Cas. 2, 4, 15; id. Ps. 1, 3, 63.
* Adj.
* Natus alicui rei or ad aliquam rem, born, made, destined, designed, intended, produced by nature for any thing.
* With dat. (class.): me credo huic esse natum rei, ferundis miseriis,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 6: non sibi se soli natum meminerit, sed patriae, sed suis,Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: natus huic imperio,id. Cael. 24, 59: gurges atque helluo natus abdomini suo, non laudi atque gloriae,id. Pis. 17, 41: Judaei et Syri, nationes natae servituti,id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10.
* Formed or constituted by nature in any manner: alius ager bene natus, alius male,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 1: sarmenta male nata,Col. 4, 24, 7: ita natus locus est,Liv. 9, 2: inculti versūs et male nati,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 233.
* With inf. (poet.): quid meruere boves, animal ... natum tolerare labores,Ov. M. 15, 120: sentes tantummodo laedere natae, id. de Nuce, 113.
* With a specification of time, so old, of the age of, etc.: eques Romanus annos prope XC. natus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: annos natus unum et viginti,id. de Or. 3, 20, 74: cum annos ad quinquaginta natus esset,id. Clu. 40, 110: cum quinque et viginti natus annos dominatum occupavisset,id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57: Cato annos quinque et octoginta natus excessit e vitā,id. Brut. 20, 80; in inscr. ANNORVM NATVS, etc., Inscr. Mon. Scip. n. 7; Inscr. Marini Atti, p. 564.— Sometimes, in order to specify the age more exactly, major or minor, without or with quam, is added: annos nata est sedecim non major,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 23: minor quinque et viginti annis natus,Nep. Han. 3, 2: minor triginta annis natus,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122: homo annos natus major quadraginta,over forty years old,Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 49: Dionysius major annos sexaginta natus decessit,Nep. Reg. 2, 3: cum liberis majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,Liv. 45, 32, 3: minorem quam annos sex, majorem quam annos decem natam, negarunt capi fas esse,Gell. 1, 12, 1.—For major, minor, sometimes with plus, minus (ante-class.): plus triginta annis natus sim,Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 1: annos sexaginta natus es aut plus,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11; cf.: non amplius novem annos natus,Nep. Han. 2, 3.—Act. collat. form: nasco, ĕre, to be born, etc.: ubi germen nascere coeperit,Cato, R. R. 151 fin.
* Pro re natā, or (ante- and post-class.) e re natā, under the present circumstances, according to the state of affairs, as matters are: ut in his pro re natā non incommode possint esse,Cic. Att. 7, 14, 3: Antonii colloquium cum heroibus nostris pro re natā non incommodum,id. ib. 14, 6, 1; 7, 8, 2: e re natā melius fieri haud potuit, quam factum est,Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8; App. M. 4, p. 143, 38.

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