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|lshtext=<b>mātrōna</b>: ae, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a married [[woman]], [[wife]], [[matron]] ([[whether]] she [[was]] in manu or not; [[consequently]] [[more]] [[general]] in its [[application]] [[than]] [[mater]] familias, [[which]] [[always]] denoted one [[who]] [[was]] in manu).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: matronam dictam esse [[proprie]], quae in [[matrimonium]] cum viro convenisset, [[quoad]] in eo matrimonio maneret, [[etiamsi]] [[liberi]] [[nondum]] nati forent: dictamque esse ita a matris nomine non adepto jam sed cum spe et omine mox adipiscendi: [[unde]] ipsum [[quoque]] [[matrimonium]] dicitur; matrem [[autem]] familias appellatam esse eam solam, quae in mariti manu mancipioque, aut in ejus, in cujus [[maritus]], manu mancipicque esset: [[quoniam]] non in [[matrimonium]] [[tantum]], sed in familiam [[quoque]] mariti, et in sui heredis locum venisset, Gell. 18, 6, 8 and 9: convocatis plebeis matronis, Liv. 10, 23, 6.—Only [[rarely]] of a married [[woman]], [[woman]] in [[general]]: ut matronarum hic facta pernovit [[probe]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30: quae (dea) [[quia]] [[partus]] matronarum tueatur, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; cf.: et [[fetus]] [[matrona]] dabit, * Tib. 2, 5, 91: cum prole matronisque nostris, Hor. C. 4, 15, 27: tyranni, id. ib. 3, 2, 7: matronae muros complent, Enn. ap. Serv ad Verg. G. 1, 18 (Ann. v 376 Vahl.): tum muros variā cinxere coronā Matronae, * Verg. A. 11, 476: matronae tacitae spectent, tacitae rideant Plaut. Poen. prol. 32 Suet. Ner. 27: matronas prostratae pudicitiae, id. Tib. 35: dilectae [[adulter]] matronae, Juv. 10, 319.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[word]] [[very]] [[early]] [[acquired]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of ([[moral]] or [[social]]) [[dignity]], [[rank]]. Matronae is [[thus]] used [[even]] by [[Ennius]] of women of [[quality]], ladies: matronae opulentae, optimates, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.); cf., in [[like]] [[manner]], in [[Plautus]]: ubi istas videas summo genere natas Summates matronas, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 26; so [[Cicero]] applies to the [[noble]] women carried [[off]] from the [[Sabines]] the [[term]] matronae, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13: [[matrona]] laris, the [[lady]] of the [[house]], Juv. 3, 110.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[estimable]], [[virtuous]], [[chaste]], etc.: nominis matronae sanctitudinem, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 9: eam hic ornatam adducas ad matronarum modum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 196 Brix ad loc.; cf.: matronarum [[sanctitas]], Cic. Cael. 13, 32: VETERIS SANCTITATIS MATRONA, Inscr. Orell. 2739. So opp. [[meretrix]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 33; id. Cas. 3, 3, 22: ut [[matrona]] meretrici [[dispar]] erit [[atque]] Discolor, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 3; Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 48: matronae [[praeter]] faciem nil cernere possis, etc., Hor. S. 1, 2, 94: capitis [[matrona]] pudici, Juv. 6, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Hence, an [[appellation]] of [[Juno]]: [[hinc]] [[matrona]] [[Juno]] (stetit), Hor. C. 3, 4, 59: MATRONIS IVNONIBVS, Inscr. Orell. 2085; and of [[other]] [[protecting]] goddesses of places, ib. 2081 sq. (But not of vestals; v. Drak. ad Liv. 29, 14, 12.)>

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