mater lectionis
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mater lectionis (plural matres lectionis)
TranslationsEdit
consonant used to represent a vowel sound
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Literally, “mother of reading”. Calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).
PronunciationEdit
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ter lek.t͡siˈo.nis/, [ˈmäːt̪er lekt̪͡s̪iˈɔːnis]
NounEdit
māter lēctiōnis f (genitive mātris lēctiōnis); third declension
- (New Latin) mater lectionis
- 1648, Johannes Buxtorf II, Tractatus de Punctorum, Vocalium, et Accentuum, in Libris Veteris Testamenti Hebraicis […] , page 110:
- Si quis hinc concludere vellet, usum Matrum lectionis tunc nondum fuisse, annon exploderetur à Revelatore?
- If one were to conclude from this that matres lectionis were not yet in use at this time, would this not be exploded by the Revelator?
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | māter lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |
Genitive | mātris lēctiōnis | mātrum lēctiōnis |
Dative | mātrī lēctiōnis | mātribus lēctiōnis |
Accusative | mātrem lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |
Ablative | mātre lēctiōnis | mātribus lēctiōnis |
Vocative | māter lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |