maturitas Latin · revision 10144

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *meh₂-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mātūritās''' ''f'' (genitive mātūritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mātūrus|-tās|t1=ripe, timely]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨mātūrus⟩ from a noun ⟨*mātu-⟩ “ripeness, early moment”, [[ine-pro|*meh₂-tu-|t=ripeness]], probably from the root of [[mānus]] “good”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero, of ripeness.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant ripeness of fruit and crops, as in Cicero and Caesar; full size or strength, maturity; maturity of judgement; the right time, the opportune moment, all in Cicero; and in Suetonius speed in carrying out a task.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means fullness, ripeness, perfection.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for midnight, after Psalm 119.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''maturity'' (early 15th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of crops.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of dispatch.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''maturity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|ripeness|alt=Ripeness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|maturity|alt=Maturity]], full growth; maturity of judgement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The right time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|dispatch|alt=Dispatch]], promptness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|midnight|alt=Midnight]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mātūrus]]

+ * [[mātūrō]]

+ * [[mātūtīnus]]

+ * [[en|maturity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}