LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

mātūritās

mātūritās f (genitive mātūritātis)

Meaning

  1. ripeness, maturity
  2. ripe fruit
  3. gentleness, mildness
  4. promptness, quickness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemātūritāsmātūritātēs
genitivemātūritātismātūritātum
dativemātūritātīmātūritātibus
accusativemātūritātemmātūritātēs
ablativemātūritātemātūritātibus
vocativemātūritāsmātūritātēs

mātūrĭtas, ātis, f. id..
I. Ripeness, maturity (class.).
A. Lit.: frugum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: neque multum a maturitate aberant (frumenta), Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5; frumentorum, id. ib. 3, 49 fin.: celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem, an accelerated, precocious maturity, Quint. 6 praef. § 10.—
B. Transf., the full or proper time for any thing, perfection, ripeness, maturity: maturitates gignendi, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: ad maturitatem perducere, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 44: pervenire, id. 13, 4, 7, § 33: maturitatem adipisci, id. 19, 5, 23, § 67: partūs, id. 32, 1, 1, § 6: aestiva, fullness of heat, Cic. ap. Non. 343, 21 (Rep. 4, 1, 1 B. and K.): muriae, i. e. its proper strength, Col. 12, 6, 2: aetatis ad prudentiam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4: ejus rei maturitas, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: habere maturitatem suam, id. Brut. 92, 318: maturitatem Galli criminando, mental maturity, ripe understanding, Tac. H. 1, 87; so, veteris imperatoris, Vell. 2, 125: indeflexa aetatis, Plin. Pan. 4, 7.—In plur.: temporum maturitates, mutationes, vicissitudinesque, the maturing of the seasons, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100; 2, 62, 155; but: si maturitas temporum, expectata foret, the full time, when the supplies would be exhausted, Liv. 22, 40, 9.—*
2. Concr., ripe fruit, Pall. Febr. 9, 12.—
3. Gentleness, mildness (late Lat.), Amm. 14, 1, 10.—
II. Promptness, expedition (post-Aug.): poenae, Suet. Tib. 61: maturitatem beneficio Caesaris praestare, to hasten, Front. Aquaed. 105.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin mātūritās From mātūrus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishmaturity
  • Frenchmaturité
  • Italianmaturità
  • Portuguesematuridade
  • Romanianmaturitate

In English words that came into English from mātūritās

  • maturitymātūritās

Quick answers

What does mātūritās mean in Latin?
mātūritās, a noun, means “ripeness, maturity; ripe fruit; gentleness, mildness”.
What is the genitive of mātūritās?
The genitive singular is mātūritātis. mātūritās is feminine, third declension.