praematurus

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Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ maturus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

praemātūrus (feminine praemātūra, neuter praemātūrum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. premature, untimely

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative praemātūrus praemātūra praemātūrum praemātūrī praemātūrae praemātūra
genitive praemātūrī praemātūrae praemātūrī praemātūrōrum praemātūrārum praemātūrōrum
dative praemātūrō praemātūrae praemātūrō praemātūrīs
accusative praemātūrum praemātūram praemātūrum praemātūrōs praemātūrās praemātūra
ablative praemātūrō praemātūrā praemātūrō praemātūrīs
vocative praemātūre praemātūra praemātūrum praemātūrī praemātūrae praemātūra

Descendants

References

  • praematurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praematurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praematurus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • praematurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura