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Mātūta , ae, f. root ma- of mane, maturus, q. v..
I. Matuta, the goddess of the morning or dawn, identical with Aurora, Lucr. 5, 656.—
II. A name of Ino (Gr. Λευκοθέα), called by the Romans also Mater Matuta, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Ov. F. 6, 479; 6, 545 sq.: “Ino, postquam se praecipitavit, Leucothea, materque Matuta (dicta est),” Lact. 1, 21; “who had a temple at Rome,” Liv. 5, 19; 23; 6, 33; 7, 27; 25, 7; “and at Satricum,” id. 28, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.656
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 33
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.19
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.12
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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