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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nāscor}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [naːˈtaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [naˈtaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nātālis''' (neuter nātāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[nātus]] “born”, the participle of [[nāscor]], with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, in ''diēs nātālis'' “birthday”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ As an adjective it meant of birth, and of places native, as in Horace, and in Columella inborn, ''diēs nātālis'' was the day of one's birth or its anniversary, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) As a noun it meant a birthday, in Ovid, the day a thing was made, the genius worshipped on one's birthday, in Tibullus, a place of origin, birth, a horoscope, and in Seneca, in the plural, parentage.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Christian Latin ''nātāle'' was the birth of Christ, Christmas, and the anniversary of a saint's death, his birth into heaven.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) ''Nātālis Dominī'' meant Christmas.^(Köbler 2010) It survives in Italian ''natale'' and, through Old French ''noel'', gave [[en|Noel]] in the late 14th century; [[en|natal]] came directly from Latin about the same time.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''diēs nātālis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of native places.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''natal'' and ''Noel'' are recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of birth, [[m|en|natal]]; native.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''diēs nātālis'', a [[m|en|birthday]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Inborn.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ===Noun===
+ # A birthday; a day of making.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The genius of one's birthday.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A birthplace; birth; a horoscope.^(OLD 2012)
+ # In the plural, parentage.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|Christmas]]; a saint's feast day.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[nātālicius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nāscor]]
+ * [[nātus]]
+ * [[nātīvus]]
+ * [[en|natal]]
+ * [[en|Noel]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}