See also: Maturo and maturò

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  • IPA(key): /maˈtu.ro/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tù‧ro

Etymology 1

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From Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (to ripen, mature).

Adjective

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maturo (feminine matura, masculine plural maturi, feminine plural mature)

  1. ripe, mature
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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maturo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of maturare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From mātūrus (ripe, mature).

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Verb

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mātūrō (present infinitive mātūrāre, perfect active mātūrāvī, supine mātūrātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to mature, ripen, soften
  3. 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.
  4. to precipitate, rush, make haste
    Synonyms: currō, ruō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, properō, prōvolō, prōripiō, affluō, corripiō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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)

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Verb

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maturo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of maturar
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