matertera
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From māter (“mother”) and the contrastive suffix *-teros which is also found in magister and minister.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈter.te.ra/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrt̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈter.te.ra/, [mäˈt̪ɛrt̪erä]
Noun edit
mātertera f (genitive māterterae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mātertera | māterterae |
| Genitive | māterterae | māterterārum |
| Dative | māterterae | māterterīs |
| Accusative | māterteram | māterterās |
| Ablative | māterterā | māterterīs |
| Vocative | mātertera | māterterae |
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See also edit
References edit
- “matertera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “matertera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- matertera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- matertera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.