natis

Ido

Verb

natis

1. past of natar

Latin

Etymology 1

From an apparent Proto-Indo-European *not- (“rear, buttock”), related to Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton), however the phonetics are problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tis/, [ˈnät̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tis/, [ˈnäːt̪is]

Noun

natis f (genitive natis); third declension

1. rump, buttocks
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.43:

     Incurvābat Hylān positō Tīrynthius arcū:
     Tū Megarān crēdis nōn habuisse natīs?

Usage notes

More common in the plural form.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	natis	natēs
Genitive	natis	natium
Dative	natī	natibus
Accusative	natem	natēs natīs
Ablative	nate	natibus
Vocative	natis	natēs

Synonyms

• clūnis

Descendants

• ⇒ Late Latin: *natica
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: natica
  • Padanian:
    • Ligurian: næga
    • Piedmontese: naja
    • Venetian: nadega
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: nage
    • French: nache
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: natja
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: nalga, ñalga
    • Galician: nádega
    • Portuguese: nádega, nalga
    • Spanish: nalga
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: nàdia, nàdica, nàdiga
    • Sicilian: nàtica

Etymology 2

Participle

nātīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nātus

References

• “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• natis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.