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nativus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From nātus (“born”) + īvus.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    nātīvus (feminine nātīva, neuter nātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. created, made
    2. inborn, innate, imparted by birth
    3. natural, native, made by nature and not artificial
    4. (grammar, of words) original, primitive, primary
    5. (Medieval Latin) nief (or neyf)

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • “nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “nativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "nativus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “nativus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.