Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naˈtura]
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: na‧tu‧ra
References
- “natura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “natura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “natura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “natura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “natura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “natura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Noun
nātūra f (genitive nātūrae); first declension
- nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing
- Synonyms: habitus, ingenium, character
- character, temperament, inclination, disposition
- Synonyms: mēns, indolēs, character
- the natural world
- Nātūra non facit saltūs
- Nature does not make leaps.
- penis, organs of generation, the natural parts
- Apuleius, The Golden Ass, translated P.G. Walsh
- nec ūllum miserae refōrmātiōnis videō sōlācium, nisi quod mihi iam nequeuntī tenēre Photidem nātūra crēscēbat.
- The sole consolation I could see in this wretched transformation was the swelling of my penis - though now I could not embrace Photis.
- (rare) birth
Descendants
- Inherited forms meaning 'vagina':
- Franco-Provençal: [ɲyra], [ˈnɔːra], [ˈɲœːrə]
- Romansch: nadüra, nadira
Borrowings meaning 'nature':
Further reading
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Noun
natura f (plural naturas)
- 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; […]
- (anatomy) vulva, female genitals
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 9r:Et aun a otra uertud muy eſtranna. que ſi la molierẽ ⁊ la amaſſaren cõ uino ⁊ fizierẽ 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: na‧tu‧ra
Noun
natura f
- nature (entirety of the natural world)
- Synonym: przyroda
- nature (key characteristics of something or something's natural behavior)
- On jest dość miły z natury. ― He's quite nice by nature.
Declension
More information singular, nominative ...
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Further reading
- natura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- natura in Polish dictionaries at PWN