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nascor

Latin

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Etymology

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From earlier *gnāscor,[1] from Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Related to gignō (“to beget; to give birth to; to bring forth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nāscor (present infinitive nāscī, perfect active nātus sum or gnātus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to be born, begotten
  2. to arise, proceed
  3. to grow, spring forth
  4. to be a number of years old
    Vīgintī et quīnque annōs nātus sum.
    I am 25 years old.
    • Terence, Heauton Timuromenos 62-63
      Annōs sexāgintā nātus es...
      You are 60 years old...

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of nāscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nāscor nāsceris,
nāscere 		nāscitur nāscimur nāsciminī nāscuntur
imperfect nāscēbar nāscēbāris,
nāscēbāre 		nāscēbātur nāscēbāmur nāscēbāminī nāscēbantur
future nāscar nāscēris,
nāscēre 		nāscētur nāscēmur nāscēminī nāscentur
perfect nātus or gnātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nātus or gnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nātus or gnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nāscar nāscāris,
nāscāre 		nāscātur nāscāmur nāscāminī nāscantur
imperfect nāscerer nāscerēris,
nāscerēre 		nāscerētur nāscerēmur nāscerēminī nāscerentur
perfect nātus or gnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nātus or gnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nāscere — — nāsciminī —
future — nāscitor nāscitor — — nāscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nāscī nātum esse,
gnātum esse 		nāscitūrum esse — — —
participles nāscēns nātus,
gnātus 		nāscitūrus — — nāscendus,
nāscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nāscendī nāscendō nāscendum nāscendō nātum,
gnātum 		nātū,
gnātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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(All via the non-deponent nāscere [nāscō].)

References

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  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “nascor”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 429

Further reading

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  • “nascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nascor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nascor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to originate in, arise from: ex aliqua re nasci, manare
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