nativitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *gnātīwitāts. Equivalent to nātīvus (“native, natural”) +‎ -tās, from nāscor (“I am born”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [naːˈtiː.wɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [naˈtiː.vi.tas] === Noun === nātīvitās f (genitive nātīvitātis); third declension birth, nativity (capitalized) the birth of Jesus Christ Christmas, the Nativity: the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ Christmastide, Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas: the season or time between Christmas Day and the Epiphany Annunciation (used in conjunction with "annuntiatio") ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== nāscor nātiō nātīvus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nativitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "nativitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nativitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.