Matuta

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːˈtuː.ta/, [mäːˈt̪uːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈtu.ta/, [mäˈt̪uːt̪ä]

Proper noun

Mātūta f sg (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 noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

• mātūtīnus

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.