Matuta
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Cognate with mātūrus, mānus, mānē.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mātūta f (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]
| 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
