gnatus

Latin

From Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth, beget”).

gnātus m (feminine gnāta, neuter gnātum); first/second declension

Archaic form of nātus.
- Horatius, Sermones 2.5.30-31 (c. 35 BC, tr. H. Fairclough):
  ... fama civem causaque priorem / sperne, domi si gnatus erit fecundave coniux.
  ... spurn the citizen of the better name and cause / if he have a son at home or a fruitful wife.

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	gnātus	gnāta	gnātum	gnātī	gnātae	gnāta
genitive	gnātī	gnātae	gnātī	gnātōrum	gnātārum	gnātōrum
dative	gnātō	gnātae	gnātō	gnātīs
accusative	gnātum	gnātam	gnātum	gnātōs	gnātās	gnāta
ablative	gnātō	gnātā	gnātō	gnātīs
vocative	gnāte	gnāta	gnātum	gnātī	gnātae	gnāta

gnatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gnatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
gnatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
gnatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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