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nātīvus , a, um, adj. nascor,
I.that has arisen from or by birth; born (cf. naturalis).
I. Lit. (class.): “mundus,” made, created, Lucr. 5, 66: “animus,” id. 3, 417: “Anaximandri opinio est, nativos esse deos,” Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25.—
II. Transf.
A. 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.—
B. 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.—
2. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 9.19
    • Cicero, On his House, 5.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.160
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.59
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.417
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.66
    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 4.1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.6
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.10
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.39
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.36
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.2.9
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 5.16
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