natura naturans

== Latin == === Etymology === From nātūra (“nature”) + Medieval Latin nātūrans (“naturing, creating”, pres.part.), approximately "nature doing what nature does". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [naː.tuː.ra.naːˈtuː.rãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [na.tu.ra.naˈtuː.rans] === Noun === nātūra nātūrans f (genitive nātūrae nātūrantis); first declension (Medieval Latin, philosophy) the divine creative power of nature ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== nātūra nātūrāta