Latin

Noun

nātīvitās f ‎(genitive nātīvitātis); third declension

1. birth, nativity
2. (capitalised) the birth of Jesus Christ
3. Christmas, the Nativity: the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
4. Christmastide, Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas: the season or time between Christmas Day and the Epiphany
5. Annunciation (used in conjunction with "annuntiatio")

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• nāscor
• nātiō
• nātīvus

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nativitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.