Matuta
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Cognate with mātūrus, mānus, māne.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. The suffix needs more explanation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maːˈtuː.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈtuː.ta]
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.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mātūta |
| genitive | Mātūtae |
| dative | Mātūtae |
| accusative | Mātūtam |
| ablative | Mātūtā |
| vocative | Mātūta |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mātūrus (> Derivatives > Mātūta)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
Further reading
[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.