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maternus

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Latin

Etymology

From māter (mother) + -nus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Of or pertaining to a mother, maternal.
  2. Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

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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