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Matuta

the goddess of Dawn

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Where it lives

De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 2 · 1.24/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 1 · 0.87/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 1 · 0.76/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 1 · 0.74/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 1 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 1 · 0.69/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 1 · 0.67/10k
Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 1 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Matuta — de Vaan

Matuta 'the goddess of Dawn' (Lucr.+), matUtinus 'of early morning' (Acc.+). Pit. *matu- 'ripeness'. It. cognates: maybe O. maatuis [dat.pL] name of a god. PIE *meh2-tu- 'ripeness'. / Both *maturo- 'ripe' and *matuto- 'of early morning' presuppose a noun *matu'ripeness, early moment'. The root is probably the same as in manus 'good'. Long -wcan be analogical after the adj. of the type acutus, from a full-grade … — [de Vaan, s.v. Matuta, p. 381]

2. Mātūta — Lewis & Short

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. *leukoqe/a), 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.

In the wild

Matutae Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 p19
Matutae Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 p11
Matuta Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 5.656
Matutae Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.33.27.4
Matutae Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 p40
Matutae Ovid, Fasti 6.479

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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. Matuta (scan p. 381; entry #1012). Root candidates: *matu-, *maturo-, *matuto-.

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