nativitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *gnātīwitāts. Equivalent to nātīvus (“native, natural”) + -tās, from nāscor (“I am born”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /naːˈtiː.u̯i.taːs/, [näːˈt̪iːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /naˈti.vi.tas/, [näˈt̪iːvit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]nātīvitās f (genitive nātīvitātis); third declension
- birth, nativity
- (capitalized) the birth of Jesus Christ
- Christmas, the Nativity: the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
- Christmastide, Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas: the season or time between Christmas Day and the Epiphany
- Annunciation (used in conjunction with "annuntiatio")
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nātīvitās | nātīvitātēs |
| genitive | nātīvitātis | nātīvitātum |
| dative | nātīvitātī | nātīvitātibus |
| accusative | nātīvitātem | nātīvitātēs |
| ablative | nātīvitāte | nātīvitātibus |
| vocative | nātīvitās | nātīvitātēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: nativitat, Nativitat
- English: nativity, Nativity
- French: nativité, Nativité
- Italian: natività, Natività
- Portuguese: natividade, Natividade
- Romanian: nativitate
- Spanish: natividad, Navidad
References
[edit]- “nativitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nativitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nativitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin terms suffixed with -tas
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