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|lshtext=<b>nātālis</b>: e, adj. [[natus]], [[nascor]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to one's [[birth]], [[birth]]-, [[natal]]: hunc emortualem facere ex natali [[die]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 139: [[nunc]] huic lenonist [[hodie]] [[natalis]] [[dies]], id. ib. 3, 1, 9: natali [[die]] tuo scripsisti epistulam ad me, Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1; cf.: quem ego diem [[vere]] natalem hujus urbis aut [[certe]] salutarem appellare [[possum]], Cic. Fl. 40, 102: [[natalis]] [[dies]] reditūs mei, id. Att. 3, 20, 1: scit [[genius]] natale [[comes]] qui, temperat [[astrum]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187: [[tempus]], Ov. F. 6, 797: lux, id. Ib. 219: [[hora]], Hor. C. 2, 17, 19: [[humus]]. Ov. P. 2, 9, 78: [[domus]], Val. Fl. 3, 321: [[sterilitas]], [[native]], Col. 3, 7: so, natale [[decus]], Val. Fl. 6, 61.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: nātālis, is (abl. natali; [[rarely]] natale, Luc. 7, 391; Inscr. Orell. 775; 2534; al. cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 228 sq.), m. (sc. [[dies]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., a [[birthday]]: ad urbem (veni) [[tertio]] Non. natali meo, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3: natales [[grate]] numeras? Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210: [[meus]] est [[natalis]], Verg. E. 3, 76: [[sex]] mihi natales ierant, Ov. H. 15, 61: Brutorum et [[Cassi]] natalibus, Juv. 5, 37: debemus mehercule natales tuos [[perinde]] ac nostros celebrare, Plin. Ep. 6, 30, 1. On this [[day]] it [[was]] [[customary]] to [[make]] offerings, the men to [[their]] Genius, and the women to [[Juno]], and to [[make]] presents to [[each]] [[other]], Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 2; 5, 5, 1; Mart. 8, 64, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[any]] [[anniversary]], a commemorative [[festival]].—Of the [[day]] of the [[foundation]] of [[Rome]]: natali Urbis DCXXXII., Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—(In eccl. Lat.) Of a [[martyr]]'s [[death]]: [[dies]] in quo, lege functi carneā, in superna regna nascuntur Dei. Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 171 sq. So of [[other]] anniversaries, Paul. Nol. Ep. 20, 3; Aug Serm. 15 de Sanct. init.; id. Serm. 310 in lemm.—Poet.: natalem alicui eripere, to [[prevent]] one's [[being]] [[born]], Luc. 7, 390.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: nātāles, ĭum, m., [[birth]], [[origin]], [[lineage]], [[extraction]], [[descent]], [[family]] (postAug.): natalium periti, the casters of nativities, Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 7: [[Cornelius]] [[Fuscus]] claris natalibus, of [[distinguished]] [[birth]], Tac. H. 2, 86; cf.: natalium [[claritas]], id. ib. 1, 49: [[mulier]] natalibus clara, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8: [[quid]], [[Catilina]], tuis natalibus [[atque]] Cethegi Inveniet [[quisquam]] sublimius? Juv. 8, 231: [[dedecus]] natalium velare, Tac. A. 11, 21: natalibus suis restitui or reddi, to be restored to one's [[birthright]], i. e. to be freed from [[slavery]] ([[because]] all men were regarded as [[originally]] [[free]]), Dig. 40, 11, 2: [[libertus]] natalibus [[redditus]], ib. 38, 2, 3: de restituendis natalibus, Plin. Ep. 10, 73 (78). —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., of things, [[birth]], [[origin]]: adamanti [[pallor]] argenti, et in [[auro]] non [[nisi]] excellentissimo natales, i. e. is produced [[only]] in [[gold]]-mines, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56: arborum, the [[seed]], id. 17, 10, 14, § 73: natales impatientiae, Tert. Pat. 5: a Pentateucho natales agnitionis supputabuntur, id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> nātāle, is, n.: et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant, the [[place]] of [[birth]], Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.