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nascor

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).[1] The word-initial *gn- was regularly simplified to n-; however, gnātus is attested in Old Latin as an alternative form of the perfect active participle nātus "born", and also (more frequently) as an early form of the noun nātus "son". As a noun, gnātus continued to be used by later authors as a (mostly poetic) archaism. Related to gignō (“to beget; to give birth to; to bring forth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nāscor (present infinitive nāscī, perfect active nātus sum or gnātus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to be born, begotten
  2. to arise, proceed
    Sī quandō in puerīs ante alter dēns nāscitur quam prior excidat, is quī cadere dēbuit ēvellendus est.
    If ever in children a second tooth appears before the earlier one has fallen out, the one which ought to have fallen out must be uprooted.
  3. to grow, spring forth
  4. to be a number of years old
    Vīgintī et quīnque annōs nātus sum.
    I am 25 years old.
    • Terence, Heauton Timuromenos 62-63
      Annōs sexāgintā nātus es...
      You are 60 years old...

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of nāscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nāscor nāsceris,
nāscere 		nāscitur nāscimur nāsciminī nāscuntur
imperfect nāscēbar nāscēbāris,
nāscēbāre 		nāscēbātur nāscēbāmur nāscēbāminī nāscēbantur
future nāscar nāscēris,
nāscēre 		nāscētur nāscēmur nāscēminī nāscentur
perfect nātus or gnātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nātus or gnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nātus or gnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nāscar nāscāris,
nāscāre 		nāscātur nāscāmur nāscāminī nāscantur
imperfect nāscerer nāscerēris,
nāscerēre 		nāscerētur nāscerēmur nāscerēminī nāscerentur
perfect nātus or gnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nātus or gnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nāscere — — nāsciminī —
future — nāscitor nāscitor — — nāscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present nāscī — nāscēns —
future nāscitūrum esse — nāscitūrus nāscendus,
nāscundus
perfect nātum esse,
gnātum esse 		— nātus,
gnātus 		—
future perfect nātum fore,
gnātum fore 		— — —
perfect potential nāscitūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nāscendī nāscendō nāscendum nāscendō nātum,
gnātum 		nātū,
gnātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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(All via the non-deponent nāscere [nāscō].)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāscor, nāscī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 400-1

Further reading

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  • “nascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nascor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to originate in, arise from: ex aliqua re nasci, manare
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “nascor”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 429
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