praematurus

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praematurus praematura, praematurum ADJ :: too early, premature

prae-mātūrus: a, um, adj.
I Very early, early (syn. praecox): fructus, Col. 11, 3, 51.—
II Too early, untimely, premature: denuntiatio, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8: mors, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; so, cineres, Juv. 11, 44: hiems, Tac. A. 1, 30: honores, id. ib. 4, 17: canities, id. ib. 14, 57.—In neutr. sing.: castrari agnos, nisi quinquemestres, praematurum existimatur, is thought too early, premature, Plin. 8, 48, 75, § 198.—Adv.: praemātūrē, too soon, untimely, prematurely (ante- and post-class.): praemature vitā careo, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 69: cum significandum est coactius quid factum, et festinatius, tum rectius praemature factum id dicitur, quam mature, Gell. 10, 11, 8.— Comp.: praematurius agi, Dig. 45, 1, 118.

præmātūrus,¹³ a, um, précoce, hâtif : Col. Rust. 11, 3, 51 || [fig.] prématuré : Planc. d. Cic. Fam. 10, 8 ; Plin. 7, 171 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 30.

prae-mātūrus, a, um, frühzeitig, I) = sehr zeitig, frühreif, fructus cucumeris, Colum. 11, 3, 51. – II) = zu zeitig, unzeitig, voreilig, denuntiatio, Planc. in Cic. ep.: hiems, Tac.: mors, Plin.: exitus, Tac.: praematurum existimatur m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Praes. Pass., Plin. 8, 198.