Matuta
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Cognate with mātūrus, mānus, mānē.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈtuː.ta/, [maːˈt̪uː.t̪a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈtu.ta/, [maˈt̪uː.t̪a]
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Mātūta |
Genitive | Mātūtae |
Dative | Mātūtae |
Accusative | Mātūtam |
Ablative | Mātūtā |
Vocative | Mātūta |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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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