matrona

See also: matróna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron).

Noun

matrona (plural matronas)

  1. In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron).

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

  1. matron

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From māter (mother; matron).

Pronunciation

Noun

mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension

  1. A married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man.
  2. A title of Juno.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mātrōna mātrōnae
Genitive mātrōnae mātrōnārum
Dative mātrōnae mātrōnīs
Accusative mātrōnam mātrōnās
Ablative mātrōnā mātrōnīs
Vocative mātrōna mātrōnae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • matrona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • matrona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • matrona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrona in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron).

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas)

  1. matron
  2. midwife

Synonyms

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