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“morning” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

morning
mane (indeclinable): tempus matutinum (plur., the mornings, tempora matutina; e.g., lectiunculis consumere): in the morning, mane; matutino tempore: that is or takes place in the morning, matutinus: the early morning, primum mane; prima lux, or simply, early in the morning, primo mane; multo mane; bene mane; prima luce; ubi primum illuxit; ad lucem; primo diluculo: from morning to evening, a mane ad vesperum: till morning, ad lucem (e.g., vigilare): ad ipsum mane (e.g., vigilare noctes, poetical): toward morning, sub lucem: the whole morning, totum mane: this morning, hodie mane: hodierno mane: yesterday morning, hesterno mane; hesterno die mane: on the following morning, postero mane: the morning dawns, lucescit; dilucescit; lux appetit; sol exoritur: good morning! salve! or (to several) salvete! to wish anyone good morning, salutare aliquem.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for morning?
The usual Latin words for “morning” are mānus, mātūtīnus. 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.