nātālis, e, adj. [natus, nascor], 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.—II. 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). A. 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.—2. 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.—B. In plur.: 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). —2. 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.—C. nātāle, is, n.: et Musis natale in nemore Heliconis adsignant
, the place of birth
, Plin. 4, 7, 12, 25.