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|lshtext=<b>mātūrĭtas</b>: ātis, f. id..<br /><b>I</b> Ripeness, [[maturity]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: frugum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: [[neque]] [[multum]] a maturitate aberant (frumenta), Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5; frumentorum, id. ib. 3, 49 fin.: celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem, an accelerated, [[precocious]] [[maturity]], Quint. 6 praef. § 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[full]] or [[proper]] [[time]] for [[any]] [[thing]], [[perfection]], [[ripeness]], [[maturity]]: maturitates gignendi, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: ad maturitatem perducere, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 44: pervenire, id. 13, 4, 7, § 33: maturitatem adipisci, id. 19, 5, 23, § 67: partūs, id. 32, 1, 1, § 6: [[aestiva]], fullness of [[heat]], Cic. ap. Non. 343, 21 (Rep. 4, 1, 1 B. and K.): muriae, i. e. its [[proper]] [[strength]], Col. 12, 6, 2: aetatis ad prudentiam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4: ejus rei [[maturitas]], id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: habere maturitatem suam, id. Brut. 92, 318: maturitatem [[Galli]] criminando, [[mental]] [[maturity]], [[ripe]] [[understanding]], Tac. H. 1, 87; so, veteris imperatoris, Vell. 2, 125: indeflexa aetatis, Plin. [[Pan]]. 4, 7.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: temporum maturitates, mutationes, vicissitudinesque, the maturing of the seasons, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100; 2, 62, 155; [[but]]: si [[maturitas]] temporum, expectata foret, the [[full]] [[time]], [[when]] the [[supplies]] would be exhausted, Liv. 22, 40, 9.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Concr., [[ripe]] [[fruit]], Pall. Febr. 9, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gentleness, [[mildness]] ([[late]] Lat.), Amm. 14, 1, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> Promptness, [[expedition]] ([[post]]-Aug.): poenae, Suet. Tib. 61: maturitatem beneficio Caesaris praestare, to [[hasten]], Front. Aquaed. 105.