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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1082.māter on page 1082
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māter mother
māter is a Latin Noun that primarily means mother.
Definitions for māter
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
mother
English derivatives:
maternal maternity matriarchy matrimony matricide matriculate matrilineal matrix matron
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A mother. (b) (see MATERFAMILIAS), the mistress of a household, a matron. (c) (pl.) married women, matrons. (d) (poet.) motherly feelings, matenal sentiment; motherhood, maternity.
- 2
A foster-mother, nurse.
- 3
(a) (as an appellation of old women). (b) (as a title given to the senior woman of a collegium or other society). (c) a title occ. conferred on female members of the imperial family.
Sentences with māter
Latin to English
Mātrem adiuvābat, quae multum virtūtis habuit.Compare He used to help the mother, who had much courage.
Māter fīlium amāns, auxilium dat.Compare Since she loves her son, the mother gives him assistance.
Lagge fīlī, bene quiēscās; māter tua rogat tē ut mē ad tē recipiās. Valē. [Pedēs quadrāti XV. (EPITAPH FOR A SON)]Compare Laggus my son, may you rest well; your mother ask that you take me to you. Farewell. [15 square feet.]
Usus me genuit, mater peperit Memoria. Sophia vocant me Graii, vos Sapientieam. [Sella]Compare Practice was my father, memory my mother. The Greeks call me sophia, you call me wisdom.
Tu ara hic dico mater ego cano.Compare My mother prophesied that an altar would be dedicated to you on this spot.
Oscula cum dederis tua flentibus, adice matris.Compare When you kiss them to comfort their grief, kiss them for their mother too.
Declension table for māter
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | māter | mātrēs |
| Gen. | mātris | mātrum |
| Dat. | mātrī | mātribus |
| Acc. | mātrem | mātrēs |
| Abl. | mātre | mātribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 78.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1082.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "māter, mātris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mater-matris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 78.māter, mātris on page 78
