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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mātūtīnus

mātūtīnus (feminine mātūtīna, neuter mātūtīnum)
Classical[maː.tuːˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ma.tuˈtiː.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalmorning
  2. adjectiveearly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

temporis mātūtīnī, id est: māne, cum sōl surgit.
mātūtīnus -a -um — in Mille Verba, ch. Līmes: ad Carnuntum

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemātūtīnusmātūtīnamātūtīnum
genitivemātūtīnīmātūtīnaemātūtīnī
dativemātūtīnōmātūtīnaemātūtīnō
accusativemātūtīnummātūtīnammātūtīnum
ablativemātūtīnōmātūtīnāmātūtīnō
vocativemātūtīnemātūtīnamātūtīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemātūtīnīmātūtīnaemātūtīna
genitivemātūtīnōrummātūtīnārummātūtīnōrum
dativemātūtīnīsmātūtīnīsmātūtīnīs
accusativemātūtīnōsmātūtīnāsmātūtīna
ablativemātūtīnīsmātūtīnīsmātūtīnīs
vocativemātūtīnīmātūtīnaemātūtīna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

tempora matutina
the morning hours.
tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
morning, noon, evening, night.

mātūtīnus, a, um, adj. Matuta; cf.: mane, manus, maturus,
I. of or belonging to the morning, morning- (class.): tempora, the morning hours, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1: frigora, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: dies, the morning, Col. 6, 2, 3: equi, i. e. Aurorae, Ov. F. 5, 160: radii, the morning sun, id. M. 1, 62: somni, Mart. 14, 125, 1: harena, i. e. the morning-hunt in the Circus, Ov. M. 11, 26: cliens, who comes early in the morning, Mart. 12, 68, 1: Juppiter, who is saluted early in the morning, id. 4, 8, 12: Aeneas se matutinus agebat, was up early, Verg. A. 8, 465: pater, i. e. Janus, who (as the god of time) was invoked early in the morning, that he might promote business, Hor. S. 2, 6, 20: ter matutino Tiberi mergetur, Juv. 6, 523: matutino sudans amomo, id. 4, 108.—
II. Transf.: frons, i. e. sober, serious, Mart. 13, 2, 10.— Subst.: mātūtīnum, i, n., the morning, morning-, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 80: serere matutinis, meridie metere, id. 4, 12, 26, § 90.— Hence, adv., in two forms.
A. mātūtī-nē, in the morning, early in the morning, only ap. Prisc. p. 635 P.—
B. mātūtīnō, early in the morning (post-Aug.), Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181; 19, 12, 60, § 183; App. M. 5, 17, p. 166; 7, 24, p. 198 al.; cf. Charis. 168 P.; Diom. 402 P.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin mātūtīnus From Mātūta + -īnus.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanmatutí
  • Englishmatutine
  • Romanianmatutin
  • Portuguesematutino
  • Portuguesematina
  • Spanishmatutino
  • Galicianmatutino
  • Irishmaidinfrom Old Irish matan
  • Manxmaddinfrom Old Irish matan
  • Manxmadjinfrom Old Irish matan
North Italian
  • Italianmattutino
  • Italianmattino
  • Italianmattina
  • Sicilianmatinu
  • Sicilianmatina
  • Emilianmatéṅna
  • Piedmontesematutin
  • Piedmontesematin
  • Venetanmatin
  • Venetanmatina
Occitano-Romance
  • Occitanmatinfrom Old Occitan matin
  • Catalanmatí
  • Gasconmaitinfrom Old Occitan matin
  • Gasconmatinfrom Old Occitan matin
  • Aragonesemaitín
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchmatin
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishmatino
Proto-Brythonic
  • Bretonmintinfrom Old Breton metin
  • Cornishmyttinfrom Old Cornish metin
  • Welshmeitin
  • Welshmeityn

Quick answers

What does mātūtīnus mean in Latin?
mātūtīnus, a adjective, means “morning; early”.
How do you pronounce mātūtīnus?
In classical Latin, [maː.tuːˈtiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.tuˈtiː.nus].