maturo
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”).
Adjective edit
maturo (feminine matura, masculine plural maturi, feminine plural mature)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
maturo
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mātūrus (“ripe, mature”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈtuː.roː/, [mäːˈt̪uːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈtu.ro/, [mäˈt̪uːro]
Verb edit
mātūrō (present infinitive mātūrāre, perfect active mātūrāvī, supine mātūrātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity
- (transitive, intransitive) to mature, ripen, soften
- to hasten, accelerate, despatch
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.7:
- Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit.
- When it was reported to Caesar that they were attempting to make their route through our Province he hastens to set out from the city, and, by as great marches as he can, proceeds to Further Gaul, and arrives at Geneva.
- Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit.
- to precipitate, rush, make haste
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References edit
- “maturo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maturo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maturo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
- to quicken the pace of marching: iter maturare, accelerare
- (ambiguous) the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɾu
Verb edit
maturo