matrona
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.
Noun
matrona (plural matronas)
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).
Pronunciation
Noun
matrona f (plural matrone)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- matrona in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- matrona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- matrona in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- matrona in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- matròna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- matròna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Etymology
From an unattested *mātrō, -ōnis + -a, from māter (“mother, foremother”) + -ō ((colloquial) agent noun-forming suffix). Compare colōnus and avunculus. See also patrōnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈtroː.na/, [mäːˈt̪roːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈtro.na/, [mäˈt̪rɔːnä]
Noun
mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “matrona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “matrona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mātrōna.
Pronunciation
Noun
matrona f
- (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
- (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)
Declension
Declension of matrona
Further reading
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).
Pronunciation
Noun
matrona f (plural matronas, masculine matrón, masculine plural matrones)
Further reading
- “matrona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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