matutinus Latin · revision 9600

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Accius|origins=la Mātūta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [maː.tuːˈtiː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ma.tuˈtiː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mātūtīnus''' (feminine mātūtīna, neuter mātūtīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[Mātūta]], the goddess of dawn, with the suffix [[-īnus]]; it is related to [[māne]] “in the morning”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨māne⟩ to [[ine-pro|*meh₂-no-|t=good]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Accius, of the early morning.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the early morning, morning, as in Cicero and Horace, and in the land surveyors eastern.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In the Church it meant of the morning office; as a noun, ''mātūtīnum'' or ''mātūtīnae'' were matins, morning lauds, and a vigil.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) Late Latin ''mātūtīnae'' (''vigiliae'') gave Old French ''matines'' and [[en|matins]] in the mid-13th century, and ''mātūtīnum'' became French ''matin'' and Italian ''mattino'' “morning”.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''matins'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the early morning, [[m|en|matutinal]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Eastern.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' (''mātūtīnae'', ''mātūtīnum'') [[m|en|matins|alt=Matins]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mātūtīnum]]

+ * [[mātūtīnē]]

+ * [[mātūtīnō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Mātūta]]

+ * [[māne]]

+ * [[mātūrus]]

+ * [[en|matins]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}