nativitas
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *gnātīwitāts. Equivalent to nātīvus (“native, natural”) + -tās, from nāscor (“I am born”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [naːˈtiː.wɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [naˈt̪iː.vi.t̪as]
Noun
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
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
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 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.