maturus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mātus (ripeness), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-tu- (id), from *meh₂- (to ripen, to mature), with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early".[1] See also Mātūta, mānus (good) and mānē (early in the morning).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mātūrus (feminine mātūra, neuter mātūrum, comparative mātūrior, superlative mātūrissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. mature, full-grown
  2. ripe
  3. early, soon

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mātūrus mātūra mātūrum mātūrī mātūrae mātūra
genitive mātūrī mātūrae mātūrī mātūrōrum mātūrārum mātūrōrum
dative mātūrō mātūrae mātūrō mātūrīs
accusative mātūrum mātūram mātūrum mātūrōs mātūrās mātūra
ablative mātūrō mātūrā mātūrō mātūrīs
vocative mātūre mātūra mātūrum mātūrī mātūrae mātūra

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References

  • maturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maturus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to die young: mature decedere
    • (ambiguous) the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367