immaturus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ mātūrus (“mature”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.maːˈtuː.rus/, [ɪmːäːˈt̪uːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.maˈtu.rus/, [imːäˈt̪uːrus]

Adjective

immātūrus (feminine immātūra, neuter immātūrum, comparative immātūrior, superlative immātūrrimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. immature, unripe, untimely, premature

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immātūrus	immātūra	immātūrum		immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūra
Genitive	immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūrī		immātūrōrum	immātūrārum	immātūrōrum
Dative	immātūrō		immātūrō		immātūrīs
Accusative	immātūrum	immātūram	immātūrum		immātūrōs	immātūrās	immātūra
Ablative	immātūrō	immātūrā	immātūrō		immātūrīs
Vocative	immātūre	immātūra	immātūrum		immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūra

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “immature”): mātūrus

Derived terms

• immātūrē

Related terms

• immātūritās
• mātūrus

Descendants

• → Catalan: immatur, immadur
• → English: immature
• → French: immature
• → Italian: immaturo
• → Portuguese: imaturo
• → Romanian: imatur
• → Spanish: inmaduro

References

• “immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immaturus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura