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Meaning of nascor | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈnaːs.kɔr]

Definitions

  1. to be born, begotten
    conjugation-3, deponent
  2. to arise, proceed
    conjugation-3, deponent
  3. to grow, spring forth
    conjugation-3, deponent
  4. of abstract things: to come into existence, arise, be produced, spring up
    conjugation-3, deponent, figuratively
  5. to be a number of years old
    conjugation-3, deponent

Equivalents

English be born

Examples

“Sī quandō in puerīs ante alter dēns nāscitur quam prior excidat, is quī cadere dēbuit ēvellendus est.”

If ever in children a second tooth appears before the earlier one has fallen out, the one which ought to have fallen out must be uprooted.

“Hinc patriae prōditiōnēs, hinc rērum pūblicārum ēversiōnēs, hinc cum hostibus clandestīna colloquia nāscī; […] .”

“From this [source] spring treasons against [one’s] country; from this, the subversions of states; [and] from this, secret negotiations with enemies.” (That is, from wanton pursuits of sensual pleasures: Cicero’s imagined character Cato the Elder quotes the Pythagorean philosopher Archytas of Tarentum.)

“Vīgintī et quīnque annōs nātus sum.”

I am 25 years old.

“Annōs sexāgintā nātus es...”

You are 60 years old...

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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