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141 natio
nātĭo, ōnis, f. [nascor], a being born, birth; hence, transf.I.Personified, Natio, the goddess of birth:II.Natio quoque dea putanda est, quae, quia partus matronarum tueatur, a nascentibus Natio nominata est,
Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47 (al. Nascio).—A breed, stock, kind, species, race (rare but class.;B.syn.: genus, stirps, familia): in hominibus emendis si natione alter est melior, emimus pluris, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 93 Müll.;Auct. B. Alex. 7, 3: natio optimatium,
Cic. Sest. 44, 96:officiosissima candidatorum,
id. Pis. 23, 55.—Also in a contemptuous sense, a race, tribe, set:salvete, fures maritimi, Famelica hominum natio, quid agitis?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 6:vestra natio (Epicureorum),
Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 74:ardelionum,
Phaedr. 2, 5, 1.—Of animals:praegnantes opere levant: venter enim labore nationem reddit deteriorem,
Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.; and: in pecoribus quoque bonus proventus feturae bona natio dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 167 Müll.— Transf., of things, a sort, kind (post-Aug.):nationes in apium naturā diximus,
Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109:cera natione Pontica,
id. 21, 14, 49, § 83; cf. id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—In a more restricted sense, a race of people, nation, people (used commonly in a more limited sense than gens, and sometimes as identical with it; cf.: gens, populus; usually applied by Cicero to distant and barbarous people): nam itast haec hominum natio;2.in Epidamniis Voluptarii, etc.,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34:omnes nationes servitutem ferre possunt: nostra civitas non potest,
Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:exteris nationibus ac gentibus ostendere, etc.,
id. Font. 11, 25:ne nationes quidem et gentes,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf., in the reverse order: omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:per omnes gentes nationesque,
Quint. 11, 3, 87:eruditissima Graecorum natio,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18:Judaei et Syri, nationes natae servituti,
id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:immanes ac barbarae nationes,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27:quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:Suevi majorem Germaniae partem obtinent, propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,
Tac. G. 38:Gannascus, natione Canninefas,
id. A. 11, 18:patre Camissare, natione Care, matre Scythissā natus,
Nep. Dat. 1, 1:NATIONE CILIX,
Inscr. Fabr. p. 495, n. 189; so in connection with names of cities: NATIONE ARRETIO, Inscr. Don. cl. 6, n. 181.—Ad Nationes, the name of a portico in Rome, built by Augustus, where the images of all known nations were set up:3.ante aditum porticūs Ad Nationes,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 721.—In eccl. Lat., like gens, and the Gr. ethnos, opp. to Christians, the heathen:per deos nationum,
Tert. de Idol. 22.
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