mattino Italian · revision 39203

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=before 1250, Giacomo da Lentini|origins=la Mātūta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /matˈti.no/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mattino''' ''m'' (plural mattini)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include Tuscan [[roa-oit|maitino]] and northern [[roa-oit|maitin]] and [[roa-oit|matin]].^(TLIO)^(Prati 1951|646)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|mātūtīnum|t=early morning]], short for [[m|la|mātūtīnum tempus|t=morning time]], the neuter of the adjective [[m|la|mātūtīnus|t=of the morning]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is formed from [[m|la|Mātūta]], the goddess of dawn, with the suffix [[m|la|-īnus]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Nocentini explains “Mātūta” as “the good goddess”, from a family that includes [[la|mātūrus|t=ripe]] and [[m|la|mānus|t=good]], from a root *mā-.^(Nocentini 2010) The more common [[mattina]] continues the feminine “mātūtīna (hōra)”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The word has a match in [[fr|matin]] and [[ca|matí]], and the plural gave the name of the morning office, [[ca|matines]] and, from it [[es|maitines]].^(REW 1935) The GDLI explains the shortening of the Latin word as haplology, Sabatini–Coletti as the loss of the vowel before the stress.^(GDLI)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The forms with ⟨ai⟩, Old Tuscan “maitino”, Old Provençal “maiti” and Brescian “maitì”, are a second type, and Romansh, Ladin and Friulian “madins” a third.^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is Giacomo da Lentini, before 1250, in the form ''maitino'', with the sense “morning”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) The TLIO's earliest is the Cremonese ''Libro'' of Uguccione da Lodi, of the early 13th century, where the word names the part of the day from sunrise to noon.^(TLIO)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The form ''mattino'' appears in Dante (1300–1313), who opens the ''Inferno'' at “the beginning of the morning” (''dal principio del mattino'').^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Old Italian also used the word for the morning office of the Church and for the east, the sense of Ulysses' voyage in the ''Inferno'': ''e volta nostra poppa nel mattino'', “and turning our stern to the east”.^(TLIO)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011) Petrarch has ''dal mattino alla sera'', “all day long”, in 1374.^(DELI 1999)

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+ In the 19th century Manzoni, revising ''I promessi sposi'' for the 1840 edition, replaced ''mattino'' with ''mattina'', which Rohlfs saw as the commoner word in Italy, ''mattino'' being more usual in the south, for example in Lucania.^(DELI 1999) ''Il mattino della vita'', the first youth, is recorded before 1828 (Ippolito Pindemonte), and the ''giornali del mattino'', the morning papers, in 1970; the Roman ''Messaggero'' was for a time called ''Giornale del mattino''.^(DELI 1999) Proverbs include ''il mattino ha l'oro in bocca'', “the morning has gold in its mouth”, and ''il buon giorno si vede dal mattino'', “a good day shows from the morning”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 13th century – Uguccione da Lodi uses the word, the TLIO's first record.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1250 – Giacomo da Lentini writes ''maitino''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1300–1313 – Dante uses the form ''mattino''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1374 – Petrarch has ''dal mattino alla sera''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1828 – Ippolito Pindemonte writes of the morning of life.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1840 – Manzoni replaces ''mattino'' with ''mattina'' in ''I promessi sposi''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1970 – ''I giornali del mattino'' is recorded for the morning papers.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|morning]]: the part of the day between sunrise and noon; [[mattina]]: ''Ci vediamo domani alle nove del mattino.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(literary)'' The [[m|en|east]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(figurative)'' The beginning of something, ''il mattino della vita'', youth.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' The morning office, [[mattutino|alt=matins]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mattina]]

+ * [[mattiniero]]

+ * [[mattinata]]

+ * [[mattutino]]

+ * [[stamattina]]

+ * [[la|mātūtīnus]]

+ * [[fr|matin]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Mattino'' and ''mattina'' are synonyms, but ''mattino'' is less common, especially in speech.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Fixed phrases are ''di buon mattino'' “early in the morning”, ''dal mattino alla sera'' “all day long”, ''la stella del mattino'' “Venus”, and ''durare lo spazio di un mattino'' “to be short-lived”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020) An obsolete adjective ''mattino'', “of the morning; early rising”, is recorded in Sant'Antonino and the ''Tavola Ritonda''.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}