Matuta

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τὸ αὐτοφυὲς κρεῖττον τοῦ ἑτεροδιδάκτου → what is inborn is better than what is taught by others

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mātūta: ae, f. root ma- of mane, maturus, q. v..
I Matuta, the goddess of the morning or dawn, identical with Aurora, Lucr. 5, 656.—
II A name of Ino (Gr. Λευκοθέα>), called by the Romans also Mater Matuta, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Ov. F. 6, 479; 6, 545 sq.: Ino, postquam se praecipitavit, Leucothea, materque Matuta (dicta est), Lact. 1, 21; who had a temple at Rome, Liv. 5, 19; 23; 6, 33; 7, 27; 25, 7; and at Satricum, id. 28, 11.