(adjective) : nātīvus, a, um, nascor
* That has arisen from or by birth; born (cf. naturalis).
* Lit. (class.): mundus,made, created,Lucr. 5, 66: animus,id. 3, 417: Anaximandri opinio est, nativos esse deos,Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25.
* Transf.
* Imparted by birth, inborn, innate: ut appareret, in eo nativum quendam leporem esse, non ascitum,Nep. Att. 4, 1: mulier si nativā sterilitate sit,Gell. 4, 2, 9: malum, hunger (opp. delatum), Cic. Dom. 5, 12: sensus (with domesticus),id. Har. Resp. 9, 19.
* Opp. to artificial, that is produced by nature, not artificial, natural, native (class.): beluae partim fluitantes, partim nativis testis inhaerentes,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: urbis (Romae) ipsius nativa praesidia,id. Rep. 2, 6, 11: nativae oves,whose wool is used in its natural color,Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191: montes nativi salis,id. 31, 7, 39, § 77: color,id. 32, 7, 24, § 74: specus,Tac. A. 4, 59: arcus,Ov. M. 3, 160: coma,original, former, genuine,id. Am. 1, 14, 56.
* In partic., in gram.: nativa verba, primitive words, primitives: simplicia verba partim nativa sunt, partim reperta: nativa ea quae significata sunt sensu; reperta, quae ex his facta sunt,Cic. Part. Or. 5, 16; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 36.

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