matrimus

Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.tri.mus/, [ˈmäːt̪rɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tri.mus/, [ˈmäːt̪rimus]

Adjective

mātrimus (feminine mātrima, neuter mātrimum); first/second-declension adjective

1. That has a living mother.

Declension

• Note that the quantity of the second syllable is doubtful.

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mātrimus	mātrima	mātrimum		mātrimī	mātrimae	mātrima
Genitive	mātrimī	mātrimae	mātrimī		mātrimōrum	mātrimārum	mātrimōrum
Dative	mātrimō		mātrimō		mātrimīs
Accusative	mātrimum	mātrimam	mātrimum		mātrimōs	mātrimās	mātrima
Ablative	mātrimō	mātrimā	mātrimō		mātrimīs
Vocative	mātrime	mātrima	mātrimum		mātrimī	mātrimae	mātrima

Related terms

• māter
• mātercula
• māterfamiliās
• māternitās
• māternus
• mātertera
• mātrālis
• mātrēscō
• mātrīcālis
• mātricīda
• mātricīdium
• mātrīcula
• mātrīculārius
• mātrimōniālis
• mātrimōnium
• mātrīx
• mātrōna
• mātrōnālis
• mātrōnātus
• mātruēlis

See also

• patrīmus

References

• “matrimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matrimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.