mātūro — Lewis & Short
mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.id..
I Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
A Lit., of fruits:
uvas,Tib. 1, 4, 19:
pomum,Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. —Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity:
frumenta maturantur,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:
omnia maturata,ripened, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:
uva maturata dulcescit,ripe, id. de Sen. 13, 53.—
2 Transf., to make ripe, to ripen, mature, soften, bring to maturity:
vitis alba suppurationes veteres maturat,Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 24:
lupini strumas maturant,id. 22, 25, 74, § 156:
partus conceptos,id. 30, 14, 43, § 123:
olivas muria,to make ripe, soft, eatable, Pall. 12, 22, 2.—Pass., to become ripe or soft, to come to maturity:
ova in sicco maturari,Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 177:
alumen aestivis solibus maturatur,id. 35, 15, 52, § 184:
concoctione maturata,id. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—
B Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
(a) With acc.:
domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet,Liv. 24, 13:
iter,Caes. B. C. 1, 63:
mortem alicui,Cic. Clu. 61, 171:
necem alicui,Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.:
mortem ea res maturat,Cels. 7, 7, 7:
insidias consuli,Sall. C. 32:
fugam,Verg. A. 1, 137:
negotia,Suet. Caes. 80:
sibi exitium,id. Dom. 15:
maturatur recordatio,Quint. 11, 2, 43:
spem praedae suae morte maturare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—
(b) With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing:
jube maturare illam exire huc,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101:
flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit,Caes. B. G. 2, 5:
ab urbe proficisci,id. ib. 1, 7:
venire,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7:
iter pergere,Sall. J. 79, 5.—
2 To hurry too much, precipitate:
ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,had not Catiline given the signal too soon, Sall. C. 18, 8:
jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi,Liv. 32, 16, 5.—
3 Poet.:
multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,i. e. to do in good time, betimes, Verg. G. 1, 261.—
II Neutr.
A Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.):
ficus, quae sero maturant,Pall. Mart. 10, 27:
tardius,id. Nov. 7, 22.—
B Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.):
successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:
legati in Africam maturantes veniunt,Sall. J. 22, 1:
et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc.,Liv. 2, 22:
maturandum ne, etc.,id. 24, 12:
facto maturatoque opus esse,id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.:
quam maturato opus erat,id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare):
properare,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.