(nātus, ūs) m GEN-, only abl. sing, birth, age, years (in phrases expressing age): pater grandis natu, very old: Scaptius de plebe magno natu, an old man, L.: maior natu quam Plautus, older: qui sum natu maxumus, T.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest, L.: natu minimus, the youngest: maximo natu filius, his eldest son, N.