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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mātūrus

mātūrus (feminine mātūra, neuter mātūrum, comparative mātūrior, superlative mātūrissimus)
Classical[maːˈtuː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[maˈtuː.rus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivemature, full-grown
  2. adjectiveripe
  3. adjectiveearly, soon

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod iam edī potest; pōma mātūra dulcia sunt.
mātūrus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae
plēnus et perfectus, ut pōmum dulce
mātūrus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Puer · Infans · Adolescens · Juvenis · Vir · Vetus · Senex

Puer (from parere, πάϊς,) in a wider sense, is the man in his dependent years, so long as he neither can be, nor is, the father of a family, as a young person, in three periods, as infans, νήπιος, παιδίον, from his first years till he is seven; as puer, in a narrower sense, παῖς, from his seventh year till he is sixteen; as commencing adolescens (from ἄλθειν) a youngster, μειράκιον, νεανίας, from his sixteenth year. Juvenis, in a wider sense, is as long as he remains in his years of greatest strength, from about the time of his being of age to the first appearances of advanced age, as the young man νέος, which also may be divided into three periods;—as ceasing to be adolescens, from his eighteenth year; as juvenis (from ζέω) in a narrower sense, νεανίας, from his four-and-twentieth year; as beginning to be vir, ἀνήρ, from his thirtieth year. Maturus is the man in his ripest years, when the wild fire of youth has evaporated, and may be divided into three periods;—as ceasing to be vir, ἀνήρ, from his fortieth year; as vetus, γέρων, from his fiftieth year; as senex, (ἄναξ) πρεσβύτης, from his sixtieth year. (v. 45.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemātūrusmātūramātūrum
genitivemātūrīmātūraemātūrī
dativemātūrōmātūraemātūrō
accusativemātūrummātūrammātūrum
ablativemātūrōmātūrāmātūrō
vocativemātūremātūramātūrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemātūrīmātūraemātūra
genitivemātūrōrummātūrārummātūrōrum
dativemātūrīsmātūrīsmātūrīs
accusativemātūrōsmātūrāsmātūra
ablativemātūrīsmātūrīsmātūrīs
vocativemātūrīmātūraemātūra

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

mature decedere
to die young.
frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
the corn is not yet ripe.

mātūrus, a, um (
I. sup. usually maturissimus; less freq. maturrimus, Tac. A. 12, 65; cf. the adv.), adj. root, Sanscr. ma-, measure, time, whence mane, matutinus; cf.: manus, modus; hence, timely, ready in time, ripe, mature (class.).
I. Lit., of fruits: poma matura et cocta (opp. cruda), Cic. Sen. 19, 71: uva, Verg. E. 10, 36: fruges, id. ib. 3, 80: maturissimae ficus, Col. 12, 17, 2.—With dat.: seges matura messi, ripe for harvesting, Liv. 2, 5.—Neutr. as subst.: quod maturi erat (opp. viride), Liv. 34, 26, 8. —
II. Transf.
A. Ripe, mature, of the proper age, proper, fit, seasonable, timely, etc.—With dat.: filia matura viro, ripe for marriage, marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53: maturus bello, Juv. 8, 169: vitulus templis maturus et arae, old enough for sacrifice, id. 12, 7: virgo, Hor. C. 3, 6, 22: ovis, fit for bearing, Col. 7, 3, 1: Roxane matura ex Alexandro, Just. 13, 2, 5; cf. venter, ripe for delivery, ready to bring forth, Ov. M. 11, 311: infans, id. ib. 7, 127: aetas, mature, fit for action, Verg. A. 12, 438: progenies matura militiae, Liv. 42, 52: L. Caesar viris, of the proper age for assuming the toga virilis, Vell. 2, 99.—Piur. subst.: mātūri, adults (opp. pueri), Lact. 5, 13, 3: omnia matura sunt, victoria, praeda, laus, ready to be seized, Sall. J. 85, 48.—With ad: ad arma, Sil. 16, 657.—Of mental qualities: ipse enim Thucydides, si posterius fuisset, multo maturior ac mitior fuisset, Cic. Brut. 83, 288: annis gravis atque animi maturus Aletes, mature in judgment, Verg. A. 9, 246: aevi, ripe in years, id. ib. 5, 73: centuriones, who had served out their time, Suet. Calig. 44: imperia, old, antiquated, Just. 11, 5, 7: scribendi tempus maturius, more seasonable, more favorable, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: mihi vero ad nonas bene maturum videtur fore, just at the right time, id. Fam. 9, 5, 1: se maturam oppetere mortem, in good old age, id. Div. 1, 18, 36: senex, Hor. A. P. 115.—
2. Powerful, vigorous: glaebasque jacentis Pulverolenter coquat maturis solibus aestas, Verg. G. 1, 66: lux, id. A. 10, 257: ignes (anni), Grat. Cyn. 59: maturae mala nequitiae, full-grown depravity, Juv. 14, 216.—
B. That takes place early, early, speedy, quick: mittam hodie huic suo die natali malam rem magnam et maturam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 5: matura faba, the early bean (opp. to the late bean), Col. 2, 10: satio (opp. to late sowing), id. ib.: fenum, the first hay (opp. to the after-math), id. 7, 3: hiemes, early, Caes. B. G. 4, 20: decessio, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1: honores, Ov. P. 2, 1, 59: judicium, quick, Cic. Caecin. 3, 7: robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari, Tac. A. 12, 65: aetas maturissima, early life, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25: si mora pro culpa est, ego sum maturior illo, was there earlier, Ov. M. 13, 300.—Hence, adv.: mātūrē (sup. maturissime and maturrime; v. the foll.).
A. Seasonably, opportunely, at the proper time (class.): custodes mature sentiunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96: satis mature occurrit, Caes. B. C. 3, 7: ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est, Sall. C. 1 fin.—
B. Betimes, early, speedily, quickly, soon: mature fieri senem, Cic. Sen. 10, 32: proficisci, id. Fam. 3, 3, 1: Romam venire, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Comp.: maturius proficiscitur, Caes. B. G. 4, 6: maturius pervenire, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60: tempus quam res maturius me deserat, Sall. J. 42, 5: maturius ad Epulas ire, Juv. 11, 88: voluerunt veteres maturius hereditates adiri, Gai. Inst. 2, 55.—Sup.: maximos tumultus maturissime disjeci, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.: res maturissime vindicanda est, as quickly, as early as possible, Cic. Caecin. 2, 7: quippe qui omnium maturrime ad publicas causas accesserim, id. de Or. 3, 20, 74: perge qua coeptas, ut quam maturrime merita invenias, Sall. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch.: quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat, Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin.—
C. Prematurely, untimely: pater mature decessit, Nep. Att. 2, 1.—With a play upon the three meanings of the word (A., B., and C.): qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam, Nisi eam mature parsit, mature esurit, he who has made money at the right time, if he is not soon sparing of it, will too soon suffer hunger, Plaut. Curc. 3, 10.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *mātus (“ripeness”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-tu- (“id”), from *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early". See also Mātūta, mānus (“good”) and mānē (“early in the morning”).

Elsewhere
  • GermanMatur
  • GermanMatura
  • Frenchmaturefrom Middle French mature
  • Englishmaturefrom Middle French mature
  • Portuguesematuro
  • Romanianmatur
  • Esperantomatura
  • Franco-Provençalmaturo
  • Romanshmatur
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchmûrfrom Old French meür
  • Catalanmadur
  • Catalanmadurt
  • Occitanmadur
  • Franco-Provençalmaur
  • Franco-Provençalmaeur
  • Franco-Provençalmeur
  • Franco-Provençalmôr
  • Franco-Provençalmouare
  • Normanmeuxfrom Old French meür
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemadurofrom Old Galician-Portuguese maduro
  • Spanishmadurofrom Old Spanish maduro
  • Englishmadurofrom Old Spanish maduro
  • Aragonesemaduro
  • Aragonesematur
  • Asturianmaduru
  • Galicianmadurofrom Old Galician-Portuguese maduro
  • Ladinomadurofrom Old Spanish maduro
  • Chavacanomadurofrom Old Spanish maduro
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianmator
  • Aromanianmãtur
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianmaturo
  • Dalmatianmatoir
  • Sicilianmaturu
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianmaduru
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianmadûr
  • Romanshmadir
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianmeuio
  • Ligurianmèiro
  • Ligurianmeui
  • Lombardmadur
  • Lombardmarud
  • Lombardmarù
  • Piedmontesemadur

In English words that came into English from mātūrus

  • maturemātūrus
  • maturitymaturitas
  • prematurepraemātūrus
  • immaturityimmātūritātem
  • maturamātūra
  • maturescentmaturescens

Quick answers

What does mātūrus mean in Latin?
mātūrus, a adjective, means “mature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon”.
How do you pronounce mātūrus?
In classical Latin, [maːˈtuː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maˈtuː.rus].
Which English words come from mātūrus?
English words that go back to Latin mātūrus include mature, matura, maturity, premature, maturescent and immaturity.