“NATURAM”

The following 3 entries include the term NATURAM.

contra naturam

Latin phrase

: against nature : not in accordance with the natural order or with religiously sanctioned normality compare secundum naturam

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naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret

Latin quotation from Horace

: you may drive nature out with a pitchfork, but she will keep coming back

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secundum naturam

Latin phrase

: according to nature : in accordance with nature especially conceived as religiously sanctioned normality compare contra naturam

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