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materinus

rough, unused

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

1. materinus — de Vaan

materinus 'rough, unused' (Cato). Pit *mater, *matr-. It. cognates: FaL mate [nom.sg.], O. maatreis, U. matres, matrer [gen.sg.], SPic. matereih [datsg.?] 'mother1. PIE *meh2-tr- 'mother'. IE cognates: Skt matar-, Av. matar-, MoP madar, Gr. μήτηρ, Arm. mayr 'mother', Alb. meter 'sister', Lith. mote^ OCS mati, OHG muoter, Olr. maithir, ToB macer, To A piacar 'mother'. * The noun matertera contains the comparative … — [de Vaan, s.v. materinus, p. 381]

2. mātĕrīnus — Lewis & Short

mātĕrīnus, a, um, adj.materia,

I hard, solid: terra, Cato, R. R. 34, 2 dub.

In the wild

Materinam Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p41
materina Cato, De agri cultura 34
Materinam Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.41.15

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. materinus (scan p. 381; entry #1010). Root candidates: *matr-, *meh2-.

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