“early” in Latin

In the morning, matutinus.

With respect to time, especially season of the year, maturus (general term for early as to time; then of the fruits of the earth, which, having been planted or sown early, are ripe early; opposed to serotinus; Col. 2, 10, 9): praematurus “ripe before the usual time; hence, of other things, “premature;” opposed to serus): praecox (ripe before the usual time of ripening for other fruits of the same kind; hence, also, “unnaturally forward” of the faculties of the mind, etc.; Quint. 1, 3, 3): immaturus (untimely; of fruits which, from beginning to ripen too early, do not ripen at all; hence, general term for “untimely;” opposed to maturus): brevi futurus (to take place soon). An early winter, matura hiems (beginning early, as in northern regions); praematura (setting in in any country before its usual commencement in that country): early spring, veris principium; ver primum: early summer, nova aestas (i. e., the beginning of summer; opposed to aestas adulta, the middle; aestas praeceps, the end). An early death, praematura mors (happening before the average age of man); immatura mors (happening before one’s work in life is done; e.g., negavi posse mortem immaturam esse consulari, Cic., because he who has been consul has reached the highest rank in the state, and may be considered to have finished his course; opposed to matura mors). From his early or earliest youth, a primis temporibus aetatis; ab initio aetatis; a puero; a pueris (the last, when more than one are spoken of, or a person speaks of himself in the plur.): in early youth, puerilibus annis; ineunte aetate; primis annis aetatis. Labor in the early morning, opera matutina: the early morning, tempus matutinum or antelucanum [Vid. EARLY, adv.] : an early pear, pirum praecox: early beans, faba matura, praematura, praecox (with distinction given above); early peas, pisum maturum, praematurum, praecox: early service (in a church), *sacra matutina or (if before it is light) antelucana.

In the morning, mane: tempore or die matutino: very early in the morning, bene or multo mane; prima luce; sub lucem (near day-break); primo diluculo; hora diei prima et adhuc dubio die: so early, tanto mane: what do you want so early? quid tu tam mane? early this morning, hodie mane, hodierno die mane: early to-morrow (morning), eras mane: early the day after to-morrow, postridie mane: early yesterday morning, hesterno die mane.

Early in the year, in life, etc., mature, praemature: immature [SYN. in EARLY, adjective], ante tempus. I could not come earlier, maturius venire non potui: not an hour earlier, non hora citius; to die early, mature decedere (in Nep., Att., 2, 1; of Atticus’s father, who died before his son was grown up); praematura or immatura morte absumi (on praematura and immatura mors, Vid. EARLY, adjective). PROV. “Early to bed and early to rise, “etc.; Vid: BED.