matere

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin māter (“mother”).

Noun

matere

1. womb
   • ante 1475: Ludus Coventriæ, XLI: “The Assumption of the Virgin”, lines 5–8

     At fourten yer sche conseyved Cryste in hire matere clere,
     

     And in the fiftene yer sche chyldyd, this avowe dare I;
     

     Here lyvyng wyth that swete sone thre and thretty yere,
     

     And after his deth in erthe xij. yer dede sche tary.

Descendants

• English: mater

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

matere

1. genitive plural form of mati.
2. nominative plural form of mati.
3. accusative plural form of mati.
4. vocative plural form of mati.