Matuta

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Cognate with mātūrus, mānus, mānē.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mātūta f (genitive Mātūtae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Matuta, the goddess of morning or dawn (= Aurōra)
  2. (Roman mythology) a name of Inō (= Λευκοθέᾱ (Leukothéā)), called by the Romans also Mater Matuta

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Mātūta
Genitive Mātūtae
Dative Mātūtae
Accusative Mātūtam
Ablative Mātūtā
Vocative Mātūta

Derived terms

References
  • 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
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