Matuta

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Cognate with mātūrus, mānus, māne.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maːˈtuː.ta/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈtu.ta/,

Proper noun

Mātūta f sg (genitive Mātūtae); first declension

(Roman mythology) Matuta, the goddess of morning or dawn (= Aurōra)
(Roman mythology) a name of Inō (= Λευκοθέᾱ (Leukothéā)), called by the Romans also Mater Matuta

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mātūta
Genitive	Mātūtae
Dative	Mātūtae
Accusative	Mātūtam
Ablative	Mātūtā
Vocative	Mātūta

Derived terms

mātūtīnus

References

“Matuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Matuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Matuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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