Matuta
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maːˈtuː.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈt̪uː.t̪a]
Proper noun
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
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mātūta |
| genitive | Mātūtae |
| dative | Mātūtae |
| accusative | Mātūtam |
| ablative | Mātūtā |
| vocative | Mātūta |
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- “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.