English → Latin
“ripe” in Latin
mātūrusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soontempestīvustimely, opportune, fitting; early, betimes; maturecoquōto cook; prepare food; to ripen; to roast, drymātūrēscōto ripen or matureēmātūrēscōto become quite ripe; to soften, be mitigatedassequorto follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after; to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up; to gain, obt
The English word ripe itself goes back to Latin rīpa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ripe
PROP., maturus (of fruit that has attained its full size and flavor): tempestivus (of fruit that has grown quite long enough): coctus (mellowed by the sun; of grapes, etc.). A ripe ulcer, ulcus ad suppurationem perductum. Thoroughly ripe, permaturus: to become ripe, maturescere (Caes.); ematurescere (Plin.); percoqui (Col.); maturitatem adipisci (Plin.), assequi (Cic.); ad maturitatem venire (Plin.): to be almost ripe, non multum abesse a maturitate (Caes.).
Figuratively, maturus; tempestivus. A ripe judgement, judicium maturum (Cic., Caecin., 3, 7); judicium firmum, certum, subtile, rectum, verum (Cic.): ripe age, aetas matura (Ulp.), firmata (Cic.). Ripe in years, in understanding, maturus annis, animo (Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ripe?
- The usual Latin words for “ripe” are mātūrus, tempestīvus, coquō; also mātūrēscō, ēmātūrēscō, assequor. 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.