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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=mater matris N F :: mother, foster mother; lady, matron; origin, source, motherland, mother city
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>māter</b>: [[tris]], f. [[root]] ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to [[make]], [[measure]], [[like]] Gr. [[μήτηρ]], the [[maker]], [[akin]] [[with]] Dor. [[μάτηρ]]; Germ. Mutter; Engl. [[mother]]; cf.: [[materies]], [[manus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[mother]] (dat. [[sing]]. matre, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 177; dat. plur. matris, Inscr. Grut. 90: matrabus, Inscr. Orell. 2089).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: si [[quidem]] istius regis (sc. Anci Martii) matrem habemus, [[ignoramus]] patrem, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: [[cur]] non [[sit]] [[heres]] matri suae? id. ib. 3, 10, 17: de pietate in matrem, id. Lael. 3, 11: Sassia [[mater]] hujus Aviti, id. Clu. 5, 12: [[Hecate]], quae matre [[Asteria]] est, [[who]] has [[Asteria]] for her [[mother]], id. N. D. 3, 18, 46: musa, matre nati, id. ib. 3, 18, 45: [[mater]] esse de [[aliquo]], to be a [[mother]], i. e. to be [[pregnant]] by [[any]] one, Ov. H. 9, 48: facere [[aliquam]] matrem, id. M. 9, 491: [[mater]] familias or familiae, the [[mistress]] of a [[house]], [[matron]] (v. [[familia]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[nurse]]: [[mater]] sua ... quae mammam dabat, [[neque]] [[adeo]] [[mater]] ipsa, quae illos pepererat, Plaut. Men. prol. 19: puero opust [[cibo]], [[opus]] est [[autem]] matri quae puerum lavit, id. Truc. 5 10: lambere matrem, Verg. A. 8, 632.—As a [[title]] of [[honor]], [[mother]], applied to priestesses: jubemus te salvere, [[mater]]. Sa. Salvete puellae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 5: [[amice]] benigneque honorem, [[mater]], [[nostrum]] habes, id. ib. 1, 5, 30.—To goddesses: [[Vesta]] [[mater]], Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 4, 2; Verg. G. 1, 498: [[mater]] [[Matuta]], v. h. v.: [[Flora]] [[mater]], Lucr. 5, 739; the [[same]]: florum, Ov. F. 5, 183: [[mater]] magna, or absol.: Mater, i. e. [[Cybele]], the [[mother]] of all the gods: matris magnae [[sacerdos]], Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala [[circum]], Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108: secreta palatia Matris, Juv. 9, 23: matres ... cives Romanae, ut jus liberorum consecutae videantur, Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 1: matris condicionem sequi, Gai. Inst. 1, 81; cf. §§ 67, 86.—Also, in gen., a [[woman]], a [[lady]]; usu. in plur., women, ladies: pilentis matres in mollibus, Verg. A. 8, 666: matres [[atque]] viri, id. ib. 6, 306; cf. Ov. F. 1, 619.—Of the [[earth]], as the [[mother]] of all: exercitum Dis Manibus matrique Terrae deberi, Liv. 8, 6; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Of a [[country]]: haec [[terra]], [[quam]] matrem appellamus, Liv. 5, 54, 2: amorum, i. e. [[Venus]], Ov. H. 16, 201: cupidinum, i. e. [[Venus]], Hor. C. 1, 19, 1.—Of animals: porci cum matribus, Varr. R. R. 2, 4: excretos prohibent a matribus haedos, Verg. G. 3, 398: ova assunt ipsis cum matribus, i. e. cum gallinis, Juv. 11, 70: [[mater]] [[simia]], id. 10, 195: [[pullus]] hirundinis ad quem volat [[mater]], id. 10, 232.—Of the trunks of trees, etc.: plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum, Verg. G. 2, 23; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—Of a [[fountain]], as the [[source]] of waters: ex grandi palude oritur ([[fluvius]]), [[quam]] matrem ejus accolae appellant, Mel. 2, 1, 7.—Of a [[chief]] or [[capital]] [[city]]: [[mater]] Italiae [[Roma]], Flor. 3, 18, 5: ut [[Graeci]] dicere solent, urbium [[mater]], Cydona, id. 3, 7, 4: ([[Cilicia]]) matrem urbium habet Tarsum, Sol. 38; cf. [[Metropolis]].—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[mother]], i. e. [[maternal]] [[love]]: [[simul]] matrem labare sensit, Ov. M. 6, 629: [[mater]] redit, Sen. ap. Med. 928.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Motherhood, [[maternity]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 389.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A producing [[cause]], [[origin]], [[source]], etc. (freq. and class.): apes mellis matres, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: [[mater]] omnium bonarum artium [[sapientia]] est, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58: [[philosophia]] [[mater]] omnium [[bene]] factorum, id. Brut. 93, 322: avaritiae [[mater]], luxuries, id. de Or. 2, 40, 171: [[voluptas]], malorum [[mater]] omnium, id. Leg. 1, 17, 47; 1, 22, 58; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Planc. 33, 80; Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Quint. 9, 3, 89: juris et religionis, Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3: justitiae [[imbecillitas]] [[mater]] est, id. ib. 3, 14, 23: [[intemperantia]] omnium perturbationum [[mater]], id. Ac. 1, 10, 39: [[similitudo]] est satietatis [[mater]], id. Inv. 1, 41, 76: [[utilitas]] justi [[prope]] [[mater]] et aequi, Hor. S. 1, 3, 98; Lact. 3, 8, 32; Aug. in Psa. 83, 1.—Comically: eam (sc. hirneam) ego vini ut matre fuerat natum, eduxi meri, i. e. as it came from the [[cask]], [[without]] the [[addition]] of [[water]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[protector]], [[shelter]], [[home]]: [[urbs]] [[Roma]], virtutum omnium [[mater]], Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 1: [[illa]] [[Jerusalem]] quae est [[mater]] nostra, Vulg. Gal. 4, 26.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mātĕr</b>,⁶ [[tris]], f. ([[μήτηρ]]),<br /><b>1</b> mère : [[pietas]] in matrem Cic. Læl. 11, affection pieuse pour sa mère ; quæ matre [[Asteria]] [[est]] Cic. Nat. 3, 46, qui a pour mère Astéria ; matrem [[esse]] de [[aliquo]] Ov. H. 9, 48, être rendue mère par qqn &#124;&#124; [famil<sup>t</sup>] bonne mère : Pl. Rud. 262 &#124;&#124; [épith. des déesses] : [[Vesta]] [[mater]] Virg. G. 1, 498, [[auguste]] [[Vesta]] ; [en part.] Mater Magna Cic. Sest. 56, ou Mater Virg. G. 4, 64, la [[grande]] déesse, Cybèle<br /><b>2</b> mère des animaux] : [[Varro]] R. 2, 4 ; Virg. G. 3, 398 &#124;&#124; [souches des arbres] : Virg. G. 2, 23 ; Plin. 12, 23 &#124;&#124; cité mère, [[patrie]] : Virg. En. 10, 172 &#124;&#124; métropole : Flor. 3, 18, 5<br /><b>3</b> la mère = l’affection maternelle : Ov. M. 7, 629 ; Sen. Med. 928 &#124;&#124; la maternité : Sen. Herc. Œt. 389<br /><b>4</b> mère, cause, origine, source : [[mater]] omnium bonarum artium [[sapientia]] [[est]] Cic. Leg. 1, 58, la sagesse [[est]] la mère de tout ce qui [[est]] bon ; [[voluptas]], malorum [[mater]] omnium Cic. Leg. 1, 47, la volupté, mère de tous les maux ; [[similitudo]] [[est]] satietatis [[mater]] Cic. Inv. 1, 76, la monotonie engendre la satiété. matre dat. CIL 1, 379.||[famil<sup>t</sup>] bonne mère : Pl. Rud. 262||[épith. des déesses] : [[Vesta]] [[mater]] Virg. G. 1, 498, [[auguste]] [[Vesta]] ; [en part.] Mater Magna Cic. Sest. 56, ou Mater Virg. G. 4, 64, la [[grande]] déesse, Cybèle<br /><b>2</b> mère des animaux] : [[Varro]] R. 2, 4 ; Virg. G. 3, 398||[souches des arbres] : Virg. G. 2, 23 ; Plin. 12, 23||cité mère, [[patrie]] : Virg. En. 10, 172|
|métropole : Flor. 3, 18, 5<br /><b>3</b> la mère=l’affection maternelle : Ov. M. 7, 629 ; Sen. Med. 928||la maternité : Sen. Herc. Œt. 389<br /><b>4</b> mère, cause, origine, source : [[mater]] omnium bonarum artium [[sapientia]] [[est]] Cic. Leg. 1, 58, la sagesse [[est]] la mère de tout ce qui [[est]] bon ; [[voluptas]], malorum [[mater]] omnium Cic. Leg. 1, 47, la volupté, mère de tous les maux ; [[similitudo]] [[est]] satietatis [[mater]] Cic. Inv. 1, 76, la monotonie engendre la satiété. matre dat. CIL 1, 379.
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{{Georges
|georg=māter, [[tris]], f. (altind. mātár-, griech. μἡτηρ, dorisch [[μάτηρ]]), die [[Mutter]], I) eig., v. jedem leb. [[Geschöpf]], das [[Junge]] geboren hat u. säugt, 1) v. Menschen, a) übh., Cic. u.a.: [[frater]] matre eādem [[natus]] (Ggstz. [[utroque]] parente [[natus]]), Liv.: matrem agere, die [[Mutter]] (Säugemutter) [[abgeben]] (v. [[einer]] [[Wölfin]]), [[Flor]].: matrem fieri de Iove, M. (= [[schwanger]]) [[werden]] usw., Ov.: matrem [[esse]], M. (= [[schwanger]]) [[sein]], Ov.: matrem facere, [[schwängern]], Ov.: [[annon]] putas [[aliquid]] [[esse]] discriminis [[inter]] matrem et novercam? Sen. – [[mater]] [[familias]] od. familiae, s. [[familia]]. – b) insbes.: α) [[Gattin]], [[Frau]], [[Weib]], Verg. u. Liv. – β) v. alten Frauen, [[Mutter]], [[Mütterchen]], iubemus te salvere, [[mater]], Plaut.: [[bes]]. im Plur., matres Graiae, Verg.: Ithacae, Ov.: matres nurusque, ältere u. jüngere Frauen, Ov.: v. Ammen, Plaut. u. Verg. – γ) v. Göttinnen, [[als]] [[Beiname]], [[Flora]] [[mater]], Lucr.: [[mater]] [[Matuta]], [[mater]] [[Terra]], Liv.: [[Vesta]] [[mater]], Verg. – od. [[als]] poet. Umschr. derselben, Mater magna, Cic., u. bl. Mater (sc. deorum), [[Cybele]], Verg.: florum, [[Flora]], Ov.: Amorum, [[Venus]], Ov. – 2) v. Tieren, [[Mutter]], Mutterkuh, Mutterschaf, Mutterziege u. dgl., [[Varro]] u. Verg.: cornigerae, Lucr.: columbi matre ([[Henne]]) subducti, Th. Prisc. 1, 10. – 3) übtr.: a) v. leb. [[Wesen]] = [[Erzeugerin]], quî posset rebus [[mater]] consistere certa, Lucr.: [[apes]] mellis matres, [[Varro]]. – b) v. Baume od. Stamme, aus dem Zweige [[wachsen]], der Mutterstamm, Verg. u. Colum. – c) v. Gewässern, [[Mutter]], [[Quelle]], [[Mela]] 2, 1, 7 (2. § 7). – d) v. Städten = [[μητρόπολις]] (poet [[auch]] [[μήτηρ]]), Mutterstadt, ab urbe [[filia]] [[mater]] eversa est, Augustin. de civ. dei 3, 14, 3: [[Brixia]] Veronae [[mater]], Catull. 67, 34: [[Populonia]] [[mater]], Verg. Aen. 10, 172. – u. übh. ([[wie]] μητρὁπολις) [[Hauptstadt]], [[mater]] Italiae [[Roma]], [[Flor]].: matrem urbium habet Tarsum, v. Cilicien, Solin.: [[Nicaea]], [[quae]] in [[Bithynia]] [[mater]] est urbium, Amm. – e) v. Ländern usw., [[Mutter]], [[haec]] [[terra]], [[quam]] matrem appellamus, Liv. 5, 54, 2. Vgl. [[Mela]] 2, 1, 7 (2. § 7) u. [[dazu]] Tzschucke (vol. 3. part. 2, p. 37). – II) meton.: 1) mütterliche [[Liebe]], [[simul]] matrem labare sensit, Ov.: [[mater]] redit, Sen. poët. – 2) der Mutterstand, Sen. Herc. Oet. 389. – III) bilbl., die [[Mutter]] = die [[Ursache]], der [[Ursprung]], die [[Quelle]], [[Wurzel]], der [[Grund]] [[einer]] [[Sache]], [[mater]], ut [[ita]] dicam, rerum omnium, Cic.: omnium malorum [[stultitia]] est [[mater]], Cornif. rhet.: [[mater]] bonarum artium est [[sapientia]], Cic.: [[mater]] [[eius]] (avaritiae) est tollenda, [[luxuries]], Cic.: crudelitatis [[mater]] est [[avaritia]], Quint.: [[prima]] scelerum [[mater]], [[avaritia]], Claud. – / Archaist. Dat. Sing. matrei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 203, matre, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 177.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=mater, tris. f. :: 母親。老母。妳母。樹榦。根原。— vini 菊萄樹。— mellis 蜜蜂。— magna 女神名。— Matuta 淸早。
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