mātūrĭtas — Lewis & Short
mātūrĭtas, ātis, f.id..
I Ripeness, maturity (class.).
A Lit.:
frugum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:
neque multum a maturitate aberant (frumenta),Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5;
frumentorum,id. ib. 3, 49 fin.:
celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,an accelerated, precocious maturity, Quint. 6 praef. § 10.—
B Transf., the full or proper time for any thing, perfection, ripeness, maturity:
maturitates gignendi,Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:
ad maturitatem perducere,Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 44:
pervenire,id. 13, 4, 7, § 33:
maturitatem adipisci,id. 19, 5, 23, § 67:
partūs,id. 32, 1, 1, § 6: aestiva, fullness of heat, Cic. ap. Non. 343, 21 (Rep. 4, 1, 1 B. and K.):
muriae,i. e. its proper strength, Col. 12, 6, 2:
aetatis ad prudentiam,Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
ejus rei maturitas,id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:
habere maturitatem suam,id. Brut. 92, 318:
maturitatem Galli criminando,mental maturity, ripe understanding, Tac. H. 1, 87; so,
veteris imperatoris,Vell. 2, 125:
indeflexa aetatis,Plin. Pan. 4, 7.—In plur.:
temporum maturitates, mutationes, vicissitudinesque,the maturing of the seasons, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100; 2, 62, 155; but: si maturitas temporum, expectata foret, the full time, when the supplies would be exhausted, Liv. 22, 40, 9.—*
2 Concr., ripe fruit, Pall. Febr. 9, 12.—
3 Gentleness, mildness (late Lat.), Amm. 14, 1, 10.—
II Promptness, expedition (post-Aug.):
poenae,Suet. Tib. 61:
maturitatem beneficio Caesaris praestare,to hasten, Front. Aquaed. 105.