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nātūra , ae, f. nascor,
I.birth.
I. Lit. (very rare): “naturā tu illi pater es, consiliis ego,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 46; cf.: “naturā pater,id. ib. 5, 7, 4.—
II. Transf. (freq. and class.; syn.: indoles, ingenium).
A. The nature, i. e. the natural constitution, property, or quality of a thing: “quod autem animal est, id motu cietur interiore et suo: nam haec est natura propria animae et vis,Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28: “ipsumque per se sua vi, sua natura, sua sponte laudabile,id. Fin. 2, 15, 50: “ab ipsa natura loci,id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “quali esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent misit,Caes. B. G. 1, 21: “loci,id. ib. 1, 2: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, according to the nature or natural course of the river, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: insula naturā triquetra, by nature, i. e. in shape, id. ib. 5, 13: “naturas apibus quas Juppiter ipse Addidit expediam,Verg. G. 4, 149.—
2. Of character, nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character: “cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tuā amicitiā judicabis,Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2: “prolixa beneficaque,id. ib. 3, 8, 8; Liv. 22, 59: mihi benefacere jam ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, has become natural, Sall. J. 85, 9.—Prov.: “consuetudo est secunda natura,August. adv. Jul. 5, 59 fin.; Macr. S. 7, 9, 7; cf.: “voluptatem consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74: “naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24: “facere sibi naturam alicujus rei,to accustom one's self to a thing, Quint. 2, 4, 17: “desideria naturae satiare,Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25.—
B. The nature, course, or order of things: “quod rerum natura non patitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55: “delabi ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,id. Fam. 6, 10, 5: “naturae satisfacere,” i. e. to die, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; so, “naturae concedere,Sall. J. 14, 15:—Personified: “quis vero opifex praeter naturam, quā nihil potest esse callidius, tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? quae primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: “frui primis a natura datis,id. Fin. 2, 11, 34: “homines rationem habent a naturā datam,id. ib. 2, 14, 45: “et homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse dicemus,id. ib. 2, 33, 110: “quae (membra corporum) ipsa declarant procreandi a naturā habitam esse rationem,id. ib. 3, 19, 62: “omnis natura vult esse conservatrix sui,id. ib. 4, 7, 16; 5, 15, 41; “5, 20, 56: illam partem bene vivendi a natura petebant, eique parendum esse dicebant,id. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—
2. Nature, i. e. the world, the universe: “Cleanthes totius naturae menti atque animo hoc nomen (dei) tribuit,Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—
3. Nature, i. e. consistency with nature, possibility: “in rerum naturā fuisse,Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 24: “hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit,is a possible case, Quint. 2, 17, 32: “judicatum est enim, rerum naturam non recipere, ut, etc.,that it is not in accordance with nature, not possible, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 13:—
C. An element, thing, substance: “Aristoteles quin tam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens,Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: de naturis autem sic sentiebat; “primum uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam ... non adhiberet, etc.,id. Ac. 1, 11, 39: “natura tenuis aëris,Lucr. 2, 232.—
D. The natural parts, organs of generation: “cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55: “quaedam matrona visa est in quiete obsignatam habere naturam,id. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4; 2, 7, 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (25):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.78.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.10.5
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.17
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.21
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.35.95
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 10.29
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 8.24
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.149
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 14
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.232
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 59
    • Cicero, De Republica, 6.26
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.11
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.15
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.8
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.25
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.14
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.57
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.22
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.70
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 17.32
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.17
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 85
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 8.1
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