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|lshtext=<b>mātūro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[make]] [[ripe]], [[ripen]], to [[bring]] to ma turity ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[hasten]], [[accelerate]], [[quicken]], [[despatch]], [[expedite]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet.: [[multa]] quae mox [[caelo]] properanda [[sereno]], maturare datur, i. e. to do in [[good]] [[time]], [[betimes]], Verg. G. 1, 261.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., to [[grow]] [[ripe]], [[ripen]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[ficus]], quae [[sero]] maturant, Pall. Mart. 10, 27: tardius, id. Nov. 7, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.
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