matrona

See also: Matrona and matróna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Noun

matrona (plural matronas) (historical)

1. In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams

• Maranto, Montara

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

1. matron

Related terms

• matronale
• matronale

Anagrams

• marnato, normata, tarmano, tramano

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Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother; matron”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːˈtroː.na/, [mäːˈt̪roːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈtro.na/, [mäˈt̪rɔːnä]

Noun

mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension

1. married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man.

   Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, nūpta

   Antonym: marītus

2. title of Juno.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mātrōna	mātrōnae
Genitive	mātrōnae	mātrōnārum
Dative	mātrōnae	mātrōnīs
Accusative	mātrōnam	mātrōnās
Ablative	mātrōnā	mātrōnīs
Vocative	mātrōna	mātrōnae

Derived terms

• mātrōnālis
• mātrōnātus

Related terms

• māter
• mātercula
• māterfamiliās
• māternitās
• māternus

• mātertera
• mātrālis
• mātrēscō
• mātrīcālis
• mātricīda

• mātricīdium
• mātrīcula
• mātrīculārius
• mātrimōniālis

• mātrimōnium
• mātrimus
• mātrīx
• mātruēlis

Descendants

• Catalan: matrona
• English: matron, matrona
• French: matrone

• Italian: matrona
• Polish: matrona
• Portuguese: matrona
• Russian: матрона (matrona)
• Spanish: matrona

References

• “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrona 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)
• matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “matrona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “matrona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna.

Noun

matrona f

1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

Declension

Declension of matrona

	singular	plural
nominative	matrona	matrony
genitive	matrony	matron
dative	matronie	matronom
accusative	matronę	matrony
instrumental	matroną	matronami
locative	matronie	matronach
vocative	matrono	matrony

Further reading

• matrona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• matrona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas)

1. matron
2. midwife

   Synonyms: comadrona, partera

Further reading

• “matrona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014