natio

Latin > English

natio nationis N F :: nation, people; birth; race, class, set; gentiles; heathens

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nātĭo: ōnis, f. nascor,
I a being born, birth; hence, transf.
I Personified, Natio, the goddess of birth: Natio quoque dea putanda est, quae, quia partus matronarum tueatur, a nascentibus Natio nominata est, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47 (al. Nascio).—
II A breed, stock, kind, species, race (rare but class.; syn.: genus, stirps, familia): in hominibus emendis si natione alter est melior, emimus pluris, etc., Varr. L. L. 9, § 93 Müll.; Auct. B. Alex. 7, 3: natio optimatium, Cic. Sest. 44, 96: officiosissima candidatorum, id. Pis. 23, 55.—Also in a contemptuous sense, a race, tribe, set: salvete, fures maritimi, Famelica hominum natio, quid agitis? Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 6: vestra natio (Epicureorum), Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 74: ardelionum, Phaedr. 2, 5, 1.—Of animals: praegnantes opere levant: venter enim labore nationem reddit deteriorem, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.; and: in pecoribus quoque bonus proventus feturae bona natio dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 167 Müll.—Transf., of things, a sort, kind (post-Aug.): nationes in apium naturā diximus, Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109: cera natione Pontica, id. 21, 14, 49, § 83; cf. id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—
   B In a more restricted sense, a race of people, nation, people (used commonly in a more limited sense than gens, and sometimes as identical with it; cf.: gens, populus; usually applied by Cicero to distant and barbarous people): nam itast haec hominum natio; in Epidamniis Voluptarii, etc., Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34: omnes nationes servitutem ferre possunt: nostra civitas non potest, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.: exteris nationibus ac gentibus ostendere, etc., id. Font. 11, 25: ne nationes quidem et gentes, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf., in the reverse order: omnes exterae gentes ac nationes, id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31: per omnes gentes nationesque, Quint. 11, 3, 87: eruditissima Graecorum natio, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18: Judaei et Syri, nationes natae servituti, id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10: immanes ac barbarae nationes, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27: quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat, Caes. B. G. 3, 7: Suevi majorem Germaniae partem obtinent, propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti, Tac. G. 38: Gannascus, natione Canninefas, id. A. 11, 18: patre Camissare, natione Care, matre Scythissā natus, Nep. Dat. 1, 1: NATIONE CILIX, Inscr. Fabr. p. 495, n. 189; so in connection with names of cities: NATIONE ARRETIO, Inscr. Don. cl. 6, n. 181.—
   2    Ad Nationes, the name of a portico in Rome, built by Augustus, where the images of all known nations were set up: ante aditum porticūs Ad Nationes, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 721.—
   3    In eccl. Lat., like gens, and the Gr. ἔθνος, opp. to Christians, the heathen: per deos nationum, Tert. de Idol. 22.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nātĭō,⁸ ōnis, f. (natus),
1 naissance : nationu (= nationis) cratia (= gratiā) donom dedi CIL 1, 60, j’ai fait ce don [à la Fortune] à cause d’une naissance || déesse de la Naissance : Cic. Nat. 3, 47 || [en parl. des anim.] race, espèce, sorte : Varro L. 9, 93 ; R. 2, 6, 4 ; P. Fest. 167 ; [en parl. de miel] Plin. 21, 83
2 peuplade, nation [partie d’une gens, peuple, race] : Cic. Off. 1, 53 ; Nat. 3, 93 ; etc. ; Tac. G. 2 ; 38 || [ironiq^t] secte, race, tribu, gent : Pl. Rud. 311 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 74 ; Sest. 132 ; Pis. 55
3 nationes, les gentils, les païens : Tert. Idol. 22.

Latin > German (Georges)

nātio, ōnis, f. (nascor), I) abstr.: A) das Geborenwerden, die Geburt, natione Medus, Nep.: natione Numida, Tac. – personif., Natio, die Geburtsgöttin, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 47. – B) die angeborene, natürliche Beschaffenheit, das Geschlecht, die Art, a) v. Menschen, eorum (Alexandrinorum), Auct. b. Alex. 7, 3. – b) v. Vieh, die Art, der Schlag, die Rasse, v. Eseln, Pferden, Varro. – c) v. Lebl., die Art, das Geschlecht, mellis nationes, Plin.: cera pura natione Ponticā, Plin. – II) konkr.: A) eig., die Nation, der Volksstamm, sofern er gemeinschaftliche Abstammung, Sprache u. Sitten hat, Cic. u.a.: externae nationes et gentes, Cic.: interiores nationes, Binnenvölker, Cic. – B) übtr.: a) eine durch die Eigentümlichkeit zusammengehörige Menschenklasse, das Volk, die Sippschaft, der Menschenschlag, die Gattung, Klasse, Schar, gew. ironisch (s. Tischer Cic. Mur. 69), famelica hominum natio, Plaut.: rudis natio ad voluptates, Curt.: candidatorum, Cic.: Epicureorum, Cic.: vestra natio, v. den Stoikern, Cic.: non est n., ut dixisti etc., von den Optimaten, Cic. – b) nationes, wie griech. εθνη, die Heiden, Tert. de idol. 22. Vulg. Iudith 5, 22. – / arch. Genet. Sing. nationus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 2863.

Latin > Chinese

natio, onis. f. :: 主產之女神
natio, onis. f. :: 國。黨。原。種。敎外之國。— candidatorum 諸侯缺之官。— scholasticorum 懦家。Natione Medus 原爲默度人。