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

mātūtīnus

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