māter tris, f
2 MA-,
a mother
: pietas in matrem: quae matre Asteriā
est,
daughter of Asteria
: lambere matrem,
foster-mother
, V.: Pilentis matres in mollibus,
matrons
, V.: Matres atque viri,
ladies
, V.: mater familias or familiae,
lady of the house
; see familia.—
A nurse, mother
(as a title of honor): Vesta, V.: deūm,
Cybele
, O.: Matris Magnae sacerdos, i. e.
mother of the gods, Cybele
: terra, quam matrem appellamus,
mother country
, L.: Populonia,
mother city
, V.: petere antiquam matrem,
O.: cupidinum, i. e.
Venus
, H. —Of animals,
a mother, dam, parent
: prohibent a matribus haedos, V.:
ova adsunt ipsis cum matribus (i. e. gallinis),
Iu.: simia, Iu.—Of
plants,
a parent, stock
: plantas abscindens de corpore matrum,
V.—Fig.,
a mother, parent, producer, nurse, cause, origin, source
: philosophia mater omnium bene factorum: avaritiae mater,
luxuries.
