maternus

maternus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Italic *mātēr
Latin māter
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin māternus

    From māter (“mother”) + -nus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    māternus (feminine māterna, neuter māternum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of or pertaining to a mother, maternal
      Synonyms: mātrālis, māternālis (Medieval Latin)
      Coordinate terms: patrius, paternus, paternālis (Medieval Latin)
    2. related through the mother, or her side of the family

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative māternus māterna māternum māternī māternae māterna
    genitive māternī māternae māternī māternōrum māternārum māternōrum
    dative māternō māternae māternō māternīs
    accusative māternum māternam māternum māternōs māternās māterna
    ablative māternō māternā māternō māternīs
    vocative māterne māterna māternum māternī māternae māterna

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: matern
    • French: maternel
    • Italian: materno
    • Romanian: matern
    • Portuguese: materno
    • Spanish: materno

    References

    • “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “maternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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