Oxford Latin Dictionary
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nātūra nature
nātūra is a Latin Noun that primarily means nature.
Definitions for nātūra
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
nature
English derivatives:
natural preternatural supernatural
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The conditions of birth (sts. personified) as determining: (a) physical characteristics. (b) character, ability, etc. (c) status, relationships, etc.
- 2
Nature (as the power which determines the physical properties of animals, plants, and other natural products). (b) (as the power which regulates physical requirements). (c) (as determining the span of life).
- 3
Nature as the power which determines the innate character and feelings of human beings.
Sentences with nātūra
Latin to English
Quaerisne ut nātūram omnium rērum cognōscāmus?Compare Do you ask that we learn (= ask us to learn) the nature of all things?
Exīstimō quōsdam bonōs nātūra esse. Compare I think that certain people are naturally good.
An tu civem ab hoste natura ac loco, non animo factisque distinguis?Compare Do you distinguish a citizen from an enemy by race and by locality, not by character and conduct?
Ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura est: turpis Romano Belgicus ore color.Compare As nature made it, every face is right; Belgian rouge disgraces Roman cheeks.
Communi ... fit vitio naturae, ut inusitatis atque incognitis rebus magis confidamus vehementiusque exterreamur.Compare By common defect of nature, the unusual and the unknown make us either overconfident or overly fearful.
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes. (De Re Rustic, III, 1)Compare Divine nature gave us the country, human art built our cities.
Lex est ratio summa insita in natura, quae iubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. [De legibus, I,vi,18]Compare Law is the highest reason implanted in nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.
Natura materiae doctrinae est; haec fingit, illa fingitur. Compare Nature is the raw material for education; the one forms, the other is formed
Declension table for nātūra
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | nātūra | nātūrae |
| Gen. | nātūrae | nātūrārum |
| Dat. | nātūrae | nātūrīs |
| Acc. | nātūram | nātūrās |
| Abl. | nātūrā | nātūrīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1158.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nātūra, nātūrae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/natura-naturae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 64.nātūra, nātūrae on page 64
