I.the rump, the buttocks.
(α).
Sing.: “diffissā nate,” Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Auct. Priap. 77, 11; 83, 23: quod ejus natis fulmine icta erat, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. pullus, p. 244 and 245 Müll.—
(β).
Plur.: “nates pervellit,” Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: “soleā pulsare nates,” Juv. 6, 611; Mart. 14, 18, 2; “with clunes,” id. 3, 53, 3.—Of the rump of animals: “nates turturum donare alicui,” Mart. 3, 82, 21.