natura

Noun

natura f (plural natures)

1. nature

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈtura/
• Hyphenation: na‧tur‧a

Adjective

natura (accusative singular naturan, plural naturaj, accusative plural naturajn)

1. natural

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

natura f (plural nature)

1. nature
2. essence, character

Noun

natura f (plural natures)

1. nature

Etymology

From Old Spanish natura, from Latin nātūra (compare Spanish natura).

Noun

natura f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נאטורה‎)

1. nature

Etymology

From nāscor, gnāscor (“be born”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /naːˈtuː.ra/

Noun

nātūra f (genitive nātūrae); first declension

1. nature, quality, or essence of a thing
2. character, temperament, inclination
3. the natural world
   • natura non facit saltus

     Nature does not make leaps.

4. penis
   • Apuleius, The Golden Ass, translated P.G. Walsh

     nec ullum miserae reformatis video solacium nisi quod mihi iam nequenti tenere Photidem natura crescebat

     The sole consolation I could see in this wretched transformation was the swelling of my penis - though now I could not embrace Photis.

5. (rare) birth

Participle

nātūra

1. nominative feminine singular of naturus
2. nominative neuter plural of naturus
3. accusative neuter plural of naturus
4. vocative feminine singular of naturus
5. vocative neuter plural of naturus

nātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of naturus

References

• natura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• natura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• natura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to die a natural death: debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)
    
  • to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem
    
  • innate goodness, kindness: naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    
  • natural advantages: naturae bona
    
  • (ambiguous) creation; nature: rerum natura or simply natura
    
  • (ambiguous) climate: caelum or natura caeli
    
  • (ambiguous) the natural position of a place: natura loci
    
  • (ambiguous) natural gifts: natura et ingenium
    
  • (ambiguous) to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
    
  • (ambiguous) character: natura et mores; vita moresque; indoles animi ingeniique; or simply ingenium, indoles, natura, mores
    
  • (ambiguous) Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God: natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit (N. D. 1. 16. 43)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
    
  • (ambiguous) a town with a strong natural position: oppidum natura loci munitum (B. G. 1. 38)
    
• natura in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f (plural naturi)

1. nature

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f (nominative singular natura)

1. nature

Etymology

From Latin nātūram, accusative of nātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

natura f (plural naturas)

1. nature, quality
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 7v.

     […] aquella tierra o son falladas otras piedras de muchas naturas ¬ muy nobles de que fablaremos adelante en eſte libro […]

     […] that land where other stones with many and very noble natures are found, of which we will speak later in this book […]

   • Idem, f. 45r.

     De natura es fria et ſeca. ¬ las ſus uertudes son contrarias a ſu natura. […]

     And it is cold and dry in nature, and its virtues are contrary to its nature; […]

2. (anatomy) vulva, female genitals
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 9r.

     Et aun a otra uertud muy eſtranna. que ſi la molieré ¬ la amaſſaren có uino ¬ fizieré della como bellota. ¬ la puſieren en la natura dela mugier, uieda que no enprenne.

     And it has yet another very strange virtue; that if it were to be ground and mixed with wine and shaped like an acorn, and put inside the vulva of the woman, it would prevent her from not becoming pregnant.

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈtu.ra/

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Noun

natura f

1. nature

Further reading

• natura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Latin nātūra.

Noun

natura f (plural naturas)

1. nature

Etymology

From Latin in natura, used since the 17th century.

Noun

natura c (uncountable)

1. in-kind (non-monetary payment), most often used in the adverbial postfix phrase in natura, sometimes i natura, and in compounds

   betalning i natura

   in-kind payment

References

• natura in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• natura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.