nascor

Latin

Etymology

From earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Cognate with Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaːs.kor/, [ˈnaːs.kɔr]

Verb

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

  1. I am born, begotten
  2. I arise, proceed
  3. I grow, spring forth
  4. I am a number of years old
    Viginti et quinque annos natus sum.
    I am 25 years old.
    • Terence, Heauton Timuromenos 62-63
      Annos sexaginta natus es...
      You are 60 years old...

Inflection

Note: Future participle is sometimes nāscitūrus.

   Conjugation of nascor (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 + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nātus + 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 + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nātus + 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 nātus esse nātūrus esse — — —
participles nāscēns nātus nātūrus — — nāscendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
nāscī nāscendī nāscendō nāscendum nātum nātū

Descendants

See also

References
  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to originate in, arise from: ex aliqua re nasci, manare
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