# Enatic > The *matriline* of historical nobility was also called their **enatic** or **uterine** ancestry, corresponding to the patrilineal or “agnatic” ancestry.[^1] - *See:* [[Agnatic]]; [[Matriline]] --- ## Etymology **enatic:** > related through the female bloodline.[^2] > related on the maternal side of the family.[^3] **enatus** (Latin): > Perfect active participle of *[ēnāscor](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enascor#Latin "enascor")* (“spring forth”).’” > **ēnātus** (*feminine* **[ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata")**, *neuter* **[ēnātum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatum#Latin "enatum")**); *[first](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension "Appendix:Latin first declension")/[second-declension](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension "Appendix:Latin second declension") participle* > > 1. [sprouted](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprouted#English "sprouted") or [sprung](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprung#English "sprung") forth, having sprouted or sprung forth > 2. [arisen](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arisen#English "arisen"), [born](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/born#English "born"), having arisen.[^4] --- | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | | | singular | | | | plural | | | | | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | | | [nominative](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nominative_case "nominative case") | **ēnātus** | [ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | [ēnātum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatum#Latin "enatum") | [ēnātī](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enati#Latin "enati") | [ēnātae](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatae#Latin "enatae") | [ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | | | [genitive](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genitive_case "genitive case") | [ēnātī](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enati#Latin "enati") | [ēnātae](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatae#Latin "enatae") | [ēnātī](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enati#Latin "enati") | [ēnātōrum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatorum#Latin "enatorum") | [ēnātārum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatarum#Latin "enatarum") | [ēnātōrum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatorum#Latin "enatorum") | | | [dative](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dative_case "dative case") | [ēnātō](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enato#Latin "enato") | [ēnātae](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatae#Latin "enatae") | [ēnātō](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enato#Latin "enato") | [ēnātīs](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatis#Latin "enatis") | | | | | [accusative](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accusative_case "accusative case") | [ēnātum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatum#Latin "enatum") | [ēnātam](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatam#Latin "enatam") | [ēnātum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatum#Latin "enatum") | [ēnātōs](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatos#Latin "enatos") | [ēnātās](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatas#Latin "enatas") | [ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | | | [ablative](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ablative_case "ablative case") | [ēnātō](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enato#Latin "enato") | [ēnātā](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | [ēnātō](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enato#Latin "enato") | [ēnātīs](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatis#Latin "enatis") | | | | | [vocative](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vocative_case "vocative case") | [ēnāte](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enate#Latin "enate") | [ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | [ēnātum](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatum#Latin "enatum") | [ēnātī](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enati#Latin "enati") | [ēnātae](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatae#Latin "enatae") | [ēnāta](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enata#Latin "enata") | | [^5] [^1]: ‘Matrilineality’, *Wikipedia*, updated 3 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality. [^2]: ‘enatic’, *Wiktionary*, updated 28 September 2024, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatic. [^3]: ‘enate’, *Wikitionary*, updated 11 August 2024, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enate. [^4]: ‘enatus’, *Wikitionary*, updated 16 August 2019, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatus. [^5]: ‘enatus’, *Wikitionary*, updated 16 August 2019, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enatus.