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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 13 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
• birth:
    1. I. A coming into life:
      1. 1. ortus, ūs (N.B. Not natus: which only occurs in abl. sing., in sense of age: q. v.): the moon controls the b.s of those who are just coming into existence, ortus nascentium luna moderatur, Cic.
      2. 2. nātīvĭtas: the gateway of b., janua nativitatis. Tert.
      3. 3. More freq. expr. by help of verb: as, the father rejoiced at the b. of a son, pater gavisus est filium sibi natum esse: do you know the exact time of the girl's b.? scisne (scin') quota maxime hora puella nata sit?: v. to be born the hour of b., natalis hora, Hor.: to give b. to, părĕre, ēnīti (esp. in perf. tenses): v. to bring forth.
    2. II. Lineage, descent:
      1. 1. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (usu. in connexion with natus, and often = high birth): they are of noble b., nobili g. nati sunt, Cic.: to boast of one's b., genus jactare, Hor.
      2. 2. ortus, ūs: Cato by b. a Tusculan, Cato ortu Tusculanus, Cic.
      3. 3. nātāles, ium, m.: a man of distinguished b., vir claris natalibus, Tac.: Juv. Phr.: a maiden of noble b., generosa virgo, Cic.: no one, Maecenas, is of better b. than you, Maecenas, nemo est generosior te, Hor.: a person of the lowest b., homo infimo loco natus, Cic.: v. descent, family.
    3. III. The act of giving birth:
      1. 1. partus, ūs: the b. was thought to be at hand, jam appropinquare p. putabatur, Cic.: the incantations arrested the b., tenuerunt carmina partus, Ov.
      2. 2. fētus, ūs: Pl.: Cic.
    4. IV. The thing born: v. creature.
    5. V. Origin, beginning: q. v.: chiefly in phr. to give birth to; părio: v. to occasion, GIVE RISE TO.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• BIRTH
  • a coming into life, ortus. A father by birth, pater natura. The hour of one’s birth, hora, qua aliquis natus (genitus) est. From one’s birth up, inde ab incunabulis. Before anybody’s birth, ante aliquem natum, ante quam aliquis natus est. Birth-day, dies quo aliquis natus (genitus) est; dies natalis, also natalis. Birth-day present, munus natalicium. Birth-place, locus quo (urbs in qua) aliquis genitus est; urbs patria. Athens is his birth-place, natus est Athenis.
  • Origin, rise, beginning, origo, ortus, initium.
  • Extraction, descent, ortus; genus; stirps. Of high birth, nobili genere natus, nobili or hand obscuro loco natus. Of low, ignoble birth, ignobili, humili, obscuro loco natus; obscuris ortus majoribus. By birth a Tusculan, by citizenship a Roman, ortu Tusculanus, civitate Romanus. A Macedonian by birth, natione Macedo.
  • Creature born, partus; infans editus. An untimely birth, abortus.
  • A bringing forth, partio, partus, partura.
  • The after-birth, secundae (scilicet, partus).
  • New-birth, nova generatio: but regeneratio may be kept as a technical term in theology.