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|lshtext=<b>nătis</b>: is, [[more]] freq. in the plur., nă-tes, ium, f. [[akin]] to Gr. [[νῶτον]]>, [[back]]; cf. [[νόσφι]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[rump]], the [[buttocks]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: diffissā nate, Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Auct. Priap. 77, 11; 83, 23: [[quod]] ejus [[natis]] fulmine icta erat, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. [[pullus]], p. 244 and 245 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: [[nates]] pervellit, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: soleā pulsare [[nates]], Juv. 6, 611; Mart. 14, 18, 2; [[with]] clunes, id. 3, 53, 3.—Of the [[rump]] of animals: [[nates]] turturum donare alicui, Mart. 3, 82, 21.
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