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matertera

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Latin

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Etymology

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From māter (mother) and the contrastive suffix *-teros which is also found in magister and minister.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mātertera f (genitive māterterae); first declension

  1. maternal aunt

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • matertera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • matertera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "matertera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • matertera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.