maturus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early". See also Mātūta, mānus (“good”) and mānē (“early in the morning”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈtuː.rus/, [mäːˈt̪uːrʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈtu.rus/, [mäˈt̪uːrus]

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mātūrus mātūra mātūrum mātūrī mātūrae mātūra
Genitive mātūrī mātūrae mātūrī mātūrōrum mātūrārum mātūrōrum
Dative mātūrō mātūrō mātūrīs
Accusative mātūrum mātūram mātūrum mātūrōs mātūrās mātūra
Ablative mātūrō mātūrā mātūrō mātūrīs
Vocative mātūre mātūra mātūrum mātūrī mātūrae mātūra

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: mãtur
    • Romanian: mator (but likely via Slavic)
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: maturo
    • Sicilian: maturu
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Francoprovençal: maür
    • Old French: meür
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: madur, madurt (Rossellonès)
    • Gascon: madut
    • Occitan: madur (all dialects)
      Vivaro-Alpine: mair, mèir, mavur, maür, meuur
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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)
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