nounthird declension
māter lēctiōnis
māter lēctiōnis f (genitive mātris lēctiōnis)
Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.ter lek.t͡siˈɔː.nis]
Meaning
- New Latinmater lectionis
Si quis hinc concludere vellet, usum Matrum lectionis tunc nondum fuisse, annon exploderetur à Revelatore?
If one were to conclude from this that matres lectionis were not yet in use at this time, would this not be exploded by the Revelator?1648, Johannes Buxtorf II, Tractatus de Punctorum, Vocalium, et Accentuum, in Libris Veteris Testamenti Hebraicis […] , page 110:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | māter lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |
| genitive | mātris lēctiōnis | mātrum lēctiōnis |
| dative | mātrī lēctiōnis | mātribus lēctiōnis |
| accusative | mātrem lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |
| ablative | mātre lēctiōnis | mātribus lēctiōnis |
| vocative | māter lēctiōnis | mātrēs lēctiōnis |
Origins
Literally, “mother of reading”. Calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).