Dictionary formnatura, naturae(feminine)
Translation
nature
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | natura | naturae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | natura | naturae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | naturam | naturas |
| Genitiveof | naturae | naturarum |
| Dativeto, for | naturae | naturis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | natura | naturis |
Examples
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Human nature cannot be changed.
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All things live according to nature.
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Nature teaches us.
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This is the nature of things.
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Nature does nothing in vain.
, is a first declension feminine noun, so the plural runs , , . It is built on the supine stem of , "to be born", plus the abstract suffix -ura, and means at root "the way a thing turns out", the character it is born with.
Two senses run side by side. The individual sense is a person's or a thing's own make-up: . The universal sense is Nature entire, the ordering principle of the world, and that is the backbone of Roman philosophical writing: Lucretius called his poem , and the Stoic programme was , to live in accordance with nature. The bare ablative means "by nature, innately", as against , by training.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 7: natura, statim, aliquis and 7 more words.