Latin

Participle

nātūrus m ‎(feminine nātūra, neuter nātūrum); first/second declension

1. about to be born, begotten.
2. about to arise, proceed.
3. about to grow, spring forth.

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “naturus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (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)