LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

praemātūrus

praemātūrus (feminine praemātūra, neuter praemātūrum)
Classical[prae̯.maːˈtuː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[pre.maˈtuː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepremature, untimely

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepraemātūruspraemātūrapraemātūrum
genitivepraemātūrīpraemātūraepraemātūrī
dativepraemātūrōpraemātūraepraemātūrō
accusativepraemātūrumpraemātūrampraemātūrum
ablativepraemātūrōpraemātūrāpraemātūrō
vocativepraemātūrepraemātūrapraemātūrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepraemātūrīpraemātūraepraemātūra
genitivepraemātūrōrumpraemātūrārumpraemātūrōrum
dativepraemātūrīspraemātūrīspraemātūrīs
accusativepraemātūrōspraemātūrāspraemātūra
ablativepraemātūrīspraemātūrīspraemātūrīs
vocativepraemātūrīpraemātūraepraemātūra

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

mors immatura or praematura
an untimely death.

prae-mātūrus, a, um, adj.
I. Very early, early (syn. praecox): fructus, Col. 11, 3, 51.—
II. Too early, untimely, premature: denuntiatio, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8: mors, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; so, cineres, Juv. 11, 44: hiems, Tac. A. 1, 30: honores, id. ib. 4, 17: canities, id. ib. 14, 57.—In neutr. sing.: castrari agnos, nisi quinquemestres, praematurum existimatur, is thought too early, premature, Plin. 8, 48, 75, § 198.—Adv.: praemātūrē, too soon, untimely, prematurely (ante- and post-class.): praemature vitā careo, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 69: cum significandum est coactius quid factum, et festinatius, tum rectius praemature factum id dicitur, quam mature, Gell. 10, 11, 8.— Comp.: praematurius agi, Dig. 45, 1, 118.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinpraemātūrus

Latin maturus Latin praemātūrus From prae- + maturus.

Descendants
  • Catalanprematur
  • Englishpremature
  • Frenchprématuré
  • Italianprematuro
  • Portugueseprematuro
  • Romanianprematur
  • Spanishprematuro
  • Dutchprematuur

In English words that came into English from praemātūrus

  • prematurepraemātūrus

Quick answers

What does praemātūrus mean in Latin?
praemātūrus, a adjective, means “premature, untimely”.
How do you pronounce praemātūrus?
In classical Latin, [prae̯.maːˈtuː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pre.maˈtuː.rus].
Where does praemātūrus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Latin praemātūrus.