nascor

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *gnāscor,^[1] from Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Related to gignō (“to beget; to give birth to; to bring forth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːs.kor/, [ˈnäːs̠kɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnas.kor/, [ˈnäskor]

Verb edit

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

to be born, begotten
to arise, proceed
to grow, spring forth
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 edit

Conjugation of nāscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nāscere	—	—	nāsciminī	—
active	future	—	nāscitor	nāscitor	—	—	nāscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nāscī	nātum esse, gnātum esse	nāscitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		nāscēns	nātus, gnātus	nāscitūrus	—	—	nāscendus, nāscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nāscendī	nāscendō	nāscendum	nāscendō	nātum, gnātum	nātū, gnātū

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: nascu, nashtiri
- Romanian: naște, naștere
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: nasce
- Gallurese: nasci
- Italian: nascere
- Neapolitan: nasce
- Sassarese: nasci
- Sicilian: nàsciri
Padanian:
- Friulian: nassi, naši
- Ladin: nascer
- Ligurian: nàsce
- Lombard: nas, nàsser
- Piedmontese: nasse
- Romansch: nascher, nescher
- Venetian: nàsar, nàser
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Franco-Provençal: *naistre, *nestre
  - Franco-Provençal: nêtre, naitre
- Old French: naistre, nestre, nasquier
  - Middle French: naistre
    - French: naître, naquir (dialectal, Normandy, rare)
  - Bourguignon: nâtre
  - Norman: naître
  - Walloon: nexhe
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: naixer, naxer, naixere
- Catalan: nàixer, néixer, néixere, naixtre
- Occitan: nàisser
  Gascon: nèisher, nàisher
Ibero-Romance:
- >? Navarro-Aragonese: nacer, nascer
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: nacer, ñacer
  - Leonese: nacere, ñacere
  - Mirandese: nacer
- Old Galician-Portuguese: nacer, nascer
  - Galician: nacer
  - Portuguese: nascer
- Old Spanish: naçer
  - Ladino: nacer
  - Spanish: nacer
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: naschere, nassire, nasci, nasciri
Borrowings:
- → Esperanto: naski, naskiĝi
  - → Ido: naskar
- → Interlingua: nascer

References edit

^ Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “nascor”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 429