Agnascor, agnásceris, pen. cor. agnâtus sum, agnásci. Compositum ex Ad & Nascor, sed d, cuphoniæ causa, mutatum est in g. Cic.To be borne after the fathers restament is made.Agnatum dicimus quicquid vitra naturæ debitum natum est. Plin. Any thing growing beside the course of nature: as sixe singers on a hand. Agnati. Caius iurisc. Rinsmen on the fathers side.Ad agnatos & gentiles aliquem deducere. Varro. To commit to the custodse of his kinsfolke, as mandde men were by the ciuill lawe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
a-gnascor (adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor]. 1.To be born in addition to; commonly, A. Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will: constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph., B. Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption: qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit, Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—II. Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something: viscum in quercu adgnasci, Plin. 16, 44, 93, 245; 27, 11, 73, 97.—III. Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, 231. —Of limbs: membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt, Plin. 11, 52, 113, 272.—Of plants: tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur, Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus (adg-), a, um, P. a.A.Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side (father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, 2; cf. Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO., Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, 1: SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO., Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb: ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—B. Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.): numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur, Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.