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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mătĭus</b>: a,<br /><b>I</b> the [[name]] of a Roman [[gens]]. So, Cn. [[Matius]], a [[poet]] and [[translator]] of the Iliad, Gell. 6, 6, 5; 9, 14, 14; Varr. L. L. 7, 5, § 96 Müll.; perh. the [[same]] [[with]] C. [[Matius]], a [[friend]] of Cæsar and [[Cicero]], Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2; 7, 15; 11, 28; Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13; Col. 12, 4, 2 al.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Mătĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a [[Matius]], Matian: [[mala]], a [[kind]] of [[apple]], Col. 5, 10, 19; 12, 47, 5; Suet. Dom. 21: poma, Front. de Fer. Als. 3; Minutal, Apic. 4, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mătĭus</b>,¹⁵ ĭī, m., nom de fam. rom. ; not<sup>t</sup> C. [[Matius]], [[ami]] de César et de Cicéron : Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2 ; Plin. 12, 13 ; Col. Rust. 12, 4, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=Mātius, a, um, [[Name]] [[einer]] röm. [[gens]], aus der am bekanntesten Cn. od. viell. (s. imfolg.) richtiger C. [[Matius]], Dichter u. [[als]] [[solcher]] [[Übersetzer]] der [[Ilias]], [[Varro]] LL. 7, 96. Gell. 6, 6, 5; 9, 14, 14. Macr. [[sat]]. 3, 20, 5 (wo [[Mattius]] geschr.), viell. [[identisch]] [[mit]] C. [[Matius]], [[Freund]] Cäsars u. [[des]] Oktavianus [[Augustus]], Cic. ep. 6, 12, 2 u.a. Plin. 12, 13 u. 15, 49, Verf. [[einer]] [[Schrift]] [[über]] die [[Kochkunst]], Colum. 12, 4, 2 u.a. – Dav. a) Mātius ([[Mattius]]), a, um, matisch, [[des]] [[Matius]], Mattia poma, [[Fronto]] de [[fer]]. Als. 3. p. 224, 19 N. – b) Mātiānus (Mattiānus), a, um, matianisch, [[des]] [[Matius]], [[minutal]] Mat. Apic. 4, 174: [[malum]] Mat. ([[Apfel]]), Suet. Dom. 21, u. [[malum]] Matt., Macr. [[sat]]. 2, 19, 2: Mat. [[mala]] (Äpfel), Colum. 5, 10, 19 u. 12, 45, 5: [[mala]] optima Mattiana, Edict. Diocl. 6, 65: Mat. [[pomum]], Cassiod. exp. in cant. 7, 13.
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