English → Latin
“maturity” in Latin
mātūritāsripeness, maturity; ripe fruit; gentleness, mildnesstempestīvitāstimeliness, seasonablenessmātūrōto ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; to mature, ripen, soften; to hasten, accelerate, despatchperveniōto come, arrive; to reach, attain, come toadolēscōto grow up, become an adult, mature; to grow, increase, augment, become greater
The English word maturity itself goes back to Latin mātūrus, through maturitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
maturity
maturitas; tempestivitas (PROP. and figuratively): adulta aetas (the age of maturity): maturitas aetatis ad prudentiam (Cic.): to bring to maturity, maturare; ad maturitatem perducere (Plin.): to come to maturity, maturitatem assequi (e.g., nimis celeriter, Cic.); ad maturitatem venire, pervenire (Plin.); maturitatem adipisci (Plin.); to have arrived at maturity, adolevisse (PROP. and figuratively; e.g., ingenium; res Persarum, etc.); maturitatem suam habere (Cic.; of years, of understanding); aetate, ingenio, corroborari, confirmari; ingenium alicujus adolevit (Sall.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for maturity?
- The usual Latin words for “maturity” are mātūritās, tempestīvitās, mātūrō; also perveniō, adolēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.