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===adjective===

[[ripe]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὡραῖος]], [[πέπων]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Fragment''; [[Xenophon|Xen.]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]).

[[brought to perfection]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τέλειος]], [[τέλεος]].

[[in the prime of life]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὡραῖος]], [[ἡβῶν]], [[ἀκμαῖος]].

[[advanced in life]]: [[prose|P.]] [[πόρρω τῆς ἡλικίας]].

[[mature years]], [[prime of life]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὥρα]], ἡ, [[ἀκμή]], ἡ, [[ἥβη]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]], [[ἡλικία]], ἡ.

[[ready]], [[prepared]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἕτοιμος]].

[[mature consideration]]: [[prose|P.]] [[σκέψις συχνή]] ([[Plato]]).

===verb transitive===

[[ripen]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πεπαίνειν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Fragment''; [[Xenophon|Xen.]]).

[[prepare]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἑτοιμάζειν]], [[παρασκευάζειν]].

[[hasten]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπεύδειν]], [[ἐπισπεύδειν]].

[[bring to perfection]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τελειοῦν]], [[prose|P.]] [[τελεοῦν]].

===verb intransitive===

[[ripen]] (of [[grapes]]): [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποπερκοῦσθαι]] ([[Sophocles]], ''Fragment''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[πεπαίνειν]].

[[come to perfection]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τελειοῦσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[τελεοῦσθαι]].

[[be at perfection]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀκμάζειν]].

[[be matured]], [[be ready]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἑτοιμάζεσθαι]] (pass.).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mātūrē</b>: adv., v. [[maturus]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mātūrē</b>⁹ ([[maturus]]),<br /><b>1</b> en son temps, à point, à [[propos]] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 96 ; Cæs. C. 3, 7<br /><b>2</b> promptement, de bonne heure, bientôt : Cic. CM 32 ; Fam. 3, 3, 1 ; maturius Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60 ; Cæs. G. 4, 6, 1 ; -urissime Cic. Cæc. 7 ; -urrime Cic. de Or. 3, 74 ; Cæs. G. 1, 33<br /><b>3</b> prématurément, trop tôt : Nep. Att. 2, 1 &#124;&#124; v. les trois sens réunis : Pl. Curc. 380.||v. les trois sens réunis : Pl. Curc. 380.
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{{Georges
|georg=mātūrē, Adv. ([[maturus]]), I) [[zeitig]] = zur gehörigen-, zur [[rechten]] [[Zeit]], sentire, Cic.: [[satis]] m. occurrere, Caes.: m. [[facto]] [[opus]] est, Sall. – II) [[zeitig]] = [[beizeiten]], [[frühzeitig]], 1) übh. = [[früh]], [[bald]], [[schleunig]], senem fieri, Cic.: [[mature]] u. maturius proficisci, Caes.: alqo maturius venire, Cic.: maturissime rem vindicare, Cic.: [[quam]] maturrime rebus occurrere, Caes. – 2) [[relativ]], [[frühzeitig]] = zu [[früh]], [[mature]] decessit, Nep. Att. 2, 1. – Die [[drei]] Bedeutungen [[von]] [[mature]], [[vor]] der [[Zeit]], zur [[rechten]] [[Zeit]], zur [[Unzeit]] (vgl. Gell. 10, 11: 1 sqq.) hat Plaut. Curc. 380 sq. in der [[Sentenz]] [[qui]] [[homo]] [[mature]] quaesivit pecuniam, [[nisi]] [[eam]] [[mature]] parsit, [[mature]] esurit. – / Über die Superl.-[[Form]] maturrime ([[meist]] in der [[Verbindung]] [[quam]] maturrime) s. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 7. p. 150 sq. Kritz Sall. hist. fr. 1, 51, 16. p. 80. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 2, 190 u. 191.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=mature ADV :: quickly; at the right time; in time; early, prematurely
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