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natura

natura

See also: natură and natüra

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Noun

natura f ‎(plural natures)

  1. nature

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈtura/
  • Hyphenation: na‧tur‧a

Adjective

natura ‎(accusative singular naturan, plural naturaj, accusative plural naturajn)

  1. natural

Antonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

natura f ‎(plural nature)

  1. nature
  2. essence, character

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Ladin

Noun

natura f ‎(plural natures)

  1. nature

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish natura, from Latin nātūra (compare Old Spanish natura).

Noun

natura f ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נאטורה)

  1. nature

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Latin

Etymology

From nascor ‎(“be born”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nātūra f ‎(genitive nātūrae); first declension

  1. nature, quality, or essence of a thing
  2. character, temperament, inclination
  3. the natural world
    • natura non facit saltus
      Nature does not make leaps.
  4. (literally rare) birth

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nātūra nātūrae
genitive nātūrae nātūrārum
dative nātūrae nātūrīs
accusative nātūram nātūrās
ablative nātūrā nātūrīs
vocative nātūra nātūrae

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Descendants

Participle

nātūra

  1. nominative feminine singular of naturus
  2. nominative neuter plural of naturus
  3. accusative neuter plural of naturus
  4. vocative feminine singular of naturus
  5. vocative neuter plural of naturus

nātūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of naturus

References

  • natura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • natura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • NATURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to die a natural death: debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)
    • to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem
    • innate goodness, kindness: naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    • natural advantages: naturae bona
    • (ambiguous) creation; nature: rerum natura or simply natura
    • (ambiguous) climate: caelum or natura caeli
    • (ambiguous) the natural position of a place: natura loci
    • (ambiguous) natural gifts: natura et ingenium
    • (ambiguous) to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
    • (ambiguous) to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
    • (ambiguous) character: natura et mores; vita moresque; indoles animi ingeniique; or simply ingenium, indoles, natura, mores
    • (ambiguous) Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God: natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit (N. D. 1. 16. 43)
    • (ambiguous) to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
    • (ambiguous) a town with a strong natural position: oppidum natura loci munitum (B. G. 1. 38)
  • natura in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f ‎(plural naturi)

  1. nature

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f ‎(nominative singular natura)

  1. nature

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nātūram, accusative of nātūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

natura f (plural naturas)

  1. nature, quality
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 7v.
      […] aquella tierra o son falladas otras piedras de muchas naturas ¬ muy nobles de que fablaremos adelante en eſte libro […]
      […] that land where other stones with many and very noble natures are found, of which we will speak later in this book […]
    • Idem, f. 45r.
      De natura es fria et ſeca. ¬ las ſus uertudes son contrarias a ſu natura. […]
      And it is cold and dry in nature, and its virtues are contrary to its nature; […]
  2. (anatomy) ****, female genitals
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 9r.
      Et aun a otra uertud muy eſtranna. que ſi la molieré ¬ la amaſſaren có uino ¬ fizieré della como bellota. ¬ la puſieren en la natura dela mugier, uieda que no enprenne.
      And it has yet another very strange virtue; that if it were to be ground and mixed with wine and shaped like an acorn, and put inside the **** of the woman, it would prevent her from not becoming pregnant.

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Descendants

Polish

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

natura f

  1. nature

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f ‎(plural naturas)

  1. nature

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin in natura, used since the 17th century.

Noun

natura; no deflection

  1. in-kind (non-monetary payment), most often used in the adverbial postfix phrase in natura, sometimes i natura, and in compounds
    betalning i natura
    in-kind payment

Related terms

  • naturaförmån
  • naturahushållning
  • naturalön
  • naturaväghållning

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