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  • 1 mātrōna

        mātrōna ae, f    [mater], a married woman, wife, matron: nulla in aedibus, T.: convocatis plebis matronis, L.: partūs matronarum tueri: tyranni, wife, H.— A woman of rank, woman of character, lady, matron: matronae opulentae, optimates, Enn. ap. C.: laris, lady of the house, Iu.: matronarum sanctitas: capitis matrona pudici, Iu.
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    wife; matron

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  • 2 Matronalia

    mātrōnālis, e, adj. [1. matrona], of or belonging to a married woman or matron, womanly, matronly (not in Cic.):

    oblitae decoris matronalis,

    of womanly honor, Liv. 26, 49 fin.:

    jam illi anilis prudentia, matronalis gravitas erat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 2:

    dignitas,

    Suet. Tib. 35:

    habitus,

    i. e. the stola, Dig. 47, 10, 15:

    genae,

    the matron's cheeks, Ov. F. 2, 828:

    labor,

    Col. 12 praef. §

    7: sedulitas,

    id. ib. § 8.— Subst.: Mātrōnā-lĭa, ĭum, n., a festival celebrated by matrons in honor of Mars, on the 1st of March, at which presents were given to matrons and brides, Ov. F. 3, 229; Suet. Vesp. 19; Mart. 5, 84, 10; cf. Macr. S. 1, 12, 7;

    called also: Matronales feriae,

    Tert. Idol. 14.—Hence, adv.: mātrōnālĭter, like a matron: MATRONALITER NVPTA, as lawful wife (opp. to a concubine), Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 46, 4, 6.

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  • 3 matronalis

    mātrōnālis, e, adj. [1. matrona], of or belonging to a married woman or matron, womanly, matronly (not in Cic.):

    oblitae decoris matronalis,

    of womanly honor, Liv. 26, 49 fin.:

    jam illi anilis prudentia, matronalis gravitas erat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 2:

    dignitas,

    Suet. Tib. 35:

    habitus,

    i. e. the stola, Dig. 47, 10, 15:

    genae,

    the matron's cheeks, Ov. F. 2, 828:

    labor,

    Col. 12 praef. §

    7: sedulitas,

    id. ib. § 8.— Subst.: Mātrōnā-lĭa, ĭum, n., a festival celebrated by matrons in honor of Mars, on the 1st of March, at which presents were given to matrons and brides, Ov. F. 3, 229; Suet. Vesp. 19; Mart. 5, 84, 10; cf. Macr. S. 1, 12, 7;

    called also: Matronales feriae,

    Tert. Idol. 14.—Hence, adv.: mātrōnālĭter, like a matron: MATRONALITER NVPTA, as lawful wife (opp. to a concubine), Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 46, 4, 6.

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  • 4 matronaliter

    mātrōnālis, e, adj. [1. matrona], of or belonging to a married woman or matron, womanly, matronly (not in Cic.):

    oblitae decoris matronalis,

    of womanly honor, Liv. 26, 49 fin.:

    jam illi anilis prudentia, matronalis gravitas erat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 2:

    dignitas,

    Suet. Tib. 35:

    habitus,

    i. e. the stola, Dig. 47, 10, 15:

    genae,

    the matron's cheeks, Ov. F. 2, 828:

    labor,

    Col. 12 praef. §

    7: sedulitas,

    id. ib. § 8.— Subst.: Mātrōnā-lĭa, ĭum, n., a festival celebrated by matrons in honor of Mars, on the 1st of March, at which presents were given to matrons and brides, Ov. F. 3, 229; Suet. Vesp. 19; Mart. 5, 84, 10; cf. Macr. S. 1, 12, 7;

    called also: Matronales feriae,

    Tert. Idol. 14.—Hence, adv.: mātrōnālĭter, like a matron: MATRONALITER NVPTA, as lawful wife (opp. to a concubine), Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 46, 4, 6.

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  • 5 anus

        anus ūs (rarely -uis, T.), f    an old woman, matron, old wife, old maid: prudens, H.: pia, O.: Iunonis anus templique sacerdos, aged priestess, V.: delira. — Esp., a female soothsayer, sibyl, H. —As adj., old: cerva anus, O.: charta, Ct.
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    I
    ana, anum ADJ
    old (of female persons and things), aged
    II
    ring, circle, link, circular form; anus; fundement; piles, hemorrhoids (L+S); year (astronomical/civil); age, time of life; year's produce
    III
    old woman; hag; matron; old maid; sibyl, sorceress; foolish/cringing person

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  • 6 mātrōnālis

        mātrōnālis e, adj.    [matrona], of a married woman, of a matron, womanly, matronly: decus, womanly honor, L.: genae, the matron's cheeks, O.
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    matronalis, matronale ADJ

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  • 7 ānus

        ānus ī, m    [AS-].—Prop., a ring; hence, the fundament.
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    I
    ana, anum ADJ
    old (of female persons and things), aged
    II
    ring, circle, link, circular form; anus; fundement; piles, hemorrhoids (L+S); year (astronomical/civil); age, time of life; year's produce
    III
    old woman; hag; matron; old maid; sibyl, sorceress; foolish/cringing person

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  • 8 familia

        familia ae (with pater, mater, filius, the old gen. familias is freq.), f    [famulus], the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics: familia, quae constet ex servis pluribus: emere familiam a Catone: armare familiam, Cs.: Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia, his one servant, Ph.: Martis, serfs of the temple: omnem suam familiam undique cogere, vassals, Cs.— An estate, family property, fortune: herciscundae familiae causam agere: decem dierum vix mihi est familiā, means of support, T.— A household, family; genit. (familias or familiae), with pater, mater, or filia: pater familias, head of a family, householder: sicut unus pater familias loquor, as a plain citizen: pater familiae, Cs.: pauci milites patresque familiae, Cs.: patres familias, qui liberos habent, etc.: patres familiarum: mater familias, a matron, mistress of a household: mater familiae, L.: matres familiae, Cs.: matribus familias vim attulisse: matres familiarum, S.: filii familiarum, minors, sons in tutelage, S.— A family, family connection, kindred (as part of a gens): tanta, T.: nobilissima: familiam dedecoras, T.: dedecus familiae: primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum: familiā prope exstinctā, S.— A family, the members of a household: Philippi domūs et familiae inimicissimi, N.— A company, sect, school, troop: singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent: tota Peripateticorum: familiae dissentientes inter se: gladiatoriae, S.: Lucius familiam ducit, is first: familiam ducit in iure civili, stands highest.
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    household; household of slaves; family; clan; religious community (Ecc)

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  • 9 māter

        māter tris, f    [2 MA-], a mother: pietas in matrem: quae matre Asteriā est, daughter of Asteria: lambere matrem, foster-mother, V.: Pilentis matres in mollibus, matrons, V.: Matres atque viri, ladies, V.: mater familias or familiae, lady of the house ; see familia.— A nurse, mother (as a title of honor): Vesta, V.: deūm, Cybele, O.: Matris Magnae sacerdos, i. e. mother of the gods, Cybele: terra, quam matrem appellamus, mother country, L.: Populonia, mother city, V.: petere antiquam matrem, O.: cupidinum, i. e. Venus, H. —Of animals, a mother, dam, parent: prohibent a matribus haedos, V.: ova adsunt ipsis cum matribus (i. e. gallinis), Iu.: simia, Iu.—Of plants, a parent, stock: plantas abscindens de corpore matrum, V.—Fig., a mother, parent, producer, nurse, cause, origin, source: philosophia mater omnium bene factorum: avaritiae mater, luxuries.
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    mother, foster mother; lady, matron; origin, source, motherland, mother city

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  • 10 stola

        stola ae, f, στολή, a woman's upper garment, long robe, gown, stole: (Dianae) signum cum stolā: Ad talos stola demissa, H.—Worn by a cithern-player: longa, O.
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    stola, Roman matron's outer garment; dress; clothing

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  • 11 presbyterissa

    presbyter (female), elder widow/matron devoted to church service (an order)

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  • 12 stolatus

    stolata, stolatum ADJ
    stola-wearing; befitting a matron

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  • 13 anus

    1.
    ānus, i, m. [for as-nus; cf. Sanscr. ās, = to sit, seat one's self; hêmai (Dor. hêsmai) kath-êmai, Varr.; others refer it to 2. anus, from its form], the posteriors, fundament.
    I.
    Lit., * Cic. Fam. 9, 22; Cels. 7, 30; Scrib. Comp. 227.—
    II.
    Meton., disease of the anus, piles, hemorrhoids (eccl. Lat.):

    quinque anos aureos facietis, i. e. representations of,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 6, 5 bis; 6, 11; 6, 17.
    2.
    ānus, i, m. [related to 2. an- = amphi; prim. signif. a rounding, a circular form; hence also 1. anulus; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 8, p. 76 Müll.], an iron ring for the feet, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9.
    3.
    ănus, ūs (also uis, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30, or Trag. v. 232 Vahl.; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 46; Varr. ap. Non. p. 494, 24; cf. Gell. 4, 16; Prisc. p. 718 P.; v. domus, fructus, victus), f. [cf. old Germ. Ano, Ana, = great-grandfather, great-grandmother; Germ. Ahn, ancestor], an old woman ( married or unmarried), a matron, old wife, old maid (sometimes in an honorable sense, but com. as a term of contempt).
    I.
    Lit.: tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 75:

    quid nuntias super anu?

    id. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

    ejus anuis causā,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 46:

    prudens,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

    pia,

    Ov. M. 8, 631:

    huic anui non satis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 16; Vulg. Gen. 18, 13; ib. 1 Tim. 5, 2:

    quae est anus tam delira, quae ista timeat?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48 et saep.—Sometimes for a female soothsayer, sibyl, Hor. S. 1, 9, 30; Ov. F. 4, 158.—
    II.
    Transf. as adj., old, aged (cf. senex, old; old man, sometimes old woman):

    anus matronae,

    Suet. Ner. 11:

    libertinam quamvis anum,

    id. Oth. 2.—Also of animals, or inanimate things of the feminine gender:

    cerva anus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 766:

    charta,

    Cat. 68, 46:

    testa,

    Mart. 1, 106:

    terra,

    Plin. 17, 3, 5, § 35:

    fici,

    id. 15, 19, 21, § 82 al.

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  • 14 familia

    fămĭlĭa, ae (with pater, mater, filius, and filia, the class. gen. sing. is usually in the archaic form familias; familiae also occurs, v. infra; gen.:

    familiai,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; with the plur. of these words both the sing. and plur. of familia are used:

    patres familias, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120 al.:

    patres familiarum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Sall. C. 43, 2; 51, 9, v. infra II. A. b.—On the form patribus familiis for familiae, patrum familiarum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 7), f. [famulus], the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics (not = family, i. e. wife and children, domus, or mei, tui, sui, etc., but v. II. A. 3 infra):

    nescio quid male factum a nostra hic familia est... ita senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11; 17; id. Trin. 2, 1, 28; id. Am. 4, 3, 10:

    neque enim dubium est, quin, si ad rem judicandum verbo ducimur, non re, familiam intelligamus, quae constet ex servis pluribus, quin unus homo familia non sit: verbum certe hoc non modo postulat, sed etiam cogit,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 40, § 3; App. Mag. p. 304:

    vilicus familiam exerceat,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 2:

    familiae male ne sit,

    id. ib.:

    te familiae interdicere, ut uni dicto audiens esset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 39:

    qui emeret eam familiam a Catone,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

    cum insimularetur familia societatis ejus,

    id. Brut. 22, 85:

    conjugum et liberorum et familiarum suarum causa,

    id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

    Petreius armat familiam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2: alienae se familiae venali immiscuisse, Quint. 7, 2, 26:

    Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia,

    formed the entire establishment, Phaedr. 3, 19, 1.—Of the serfs belonging to a temple:

    illi Larini in Martis familia numerantur,

    Cic. Clu. 15, 43; cf. of the serfs, vassals of Orgetorix:

    die constituta causae dictionis Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam, ad hominum milia decem undique coëgit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    With the idea of house predominating.
    1.
    In gen., a house and all belonging to it, a family estate, family property, fortune: familiae appellatio varie accepta est: nam et in res et in personas deducitur;

    in res, ut puta in lege XII. tab. his verbis: AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO,

    Dig. 50, 16, 195; so,

    SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Legg. Mosaic. et Roman. tit. 16, § 4 (cf. agnatus): idcirco qui, quibus verbis erctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem erciscundae familiae causam agere non possit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; so,

    arbitrum familiae erciscundae postulavit,

    id. Caecin. 7, 19; cf.:

    familiae erciscundae,

    Dig. 10, tit. 2:

    decem dierum vix mihi est familia,

    means of support, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 36 Ruhnk.—
    b.
    Paterfamilias, materfamilias, etc., or paterfamiliae, materfamiliae, filiusfamilias, etc. (also written separately: pater familiae, mater familiae, etc.), the master of a house in respect to ownership, the proprietor of an estate, head of a family; the mistress of a house, matron; a son or daughter under the father's power, a minor: paterfamilias appellatur, qui in domo dominium habet, recteque hoc nomine appellatur, quamvis filium non habeat;

    non enim solam personam ejus, sed et jus demonstramus. Denique et pupillum patremfamilias appellamus,

    Dig. 50, 16, 195; cf. Sandars ad Just. Inst. 1, 8 prooem.—
    (α).
    Form familias:

    paterfamilias ubi ad villam venit,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1:

    paterfamilias,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 19 (Rep. 5, 3 ed. Mos.); Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.; Nep. Att. 4; 13 al.; cf., in gen., of a plain, ordinary citizen:

    sicut unus paterfamilias his de rebus loquor,

    id. de Or. 1, 29, 132; 1, 34, 159.—In plur.:

    patresfamilias, qui liberos habent, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; 16, 48; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183 al.:

    (Demaratus) cum de matrefamilias Tarquiniensi duo filios procreavisset,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

    materfamilias,

    id. Cael. 13, 32: id. Top. 3, 14; Dig. 50, 16, 46 al.—In plur.:

    uxoris duae formae: una matrumfamilias, etc.,

    Cic. Top. 3, 14; id. Fam. 5, 10, 1; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62 al.—

    In an inverted order: familias matres,

    Arn. 4, 152:

    illum filium familias patre parco ac tenaci habere tuis copiis devinctum non potes,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

    filiusfamilias,

    Dig. 14, 6, 1 sq. al.:

    tu filiafamilias locupletibus filiis ultro contulisti,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 14.—
    (β).
    Form familiae:

    ex Amerina disciplina patrisfamiliae rusticani,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120; so,

    pater familiae,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Liv. 1, 45, 4; Sen. Ep. 47 med.; Tac. Or. 22 al.: familiae mater, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll.—In plur.:

    pauci milites patresque familiae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44, 1; Gracch. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.: Liv. 5, 30 fin.:

    matrem familiae tuam purpureum amiculum habere non sines?

    Liv. 34, 7, 3:

    mater familiae,

    id. 39, 53, 3; Tert. Verg. Vel. 11.— In plur.: matresfamiliae, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.; Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 4; 7, 26, 3; 7, 47, 5; id. B. C. 2, 4, 3.—
    (γ).
    In gen. plur.: civium Romanorum quidam sunt patresfamiliarum, alii filiifamiliarum, quaedam matresfamiliarum, quaedam filiaefamiliarum. Patresfamiliarum sunt, qui sunt suae potestatis, sive puberes sive impuberes;

    simili modo matresfamiliarum, filii vero et filiaefamiliarum, qui sunt in aliena potestate,

    Dig. 1, 6, 4: patresfamiliarum, Sisenn. ap. Varr. L. L. 8, § 73 Müll.; Suet. Calig. 26 fin.:

    matresfamiliarum,

    Sall. C. 51, 9:

    filiifamiliarum,

    id. ib. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 8; 11, 13:

    filiaefamiliarum,

    Dig. 14, 6, 9, § 2:

    patrumfamiliarum,

    ib. 50, 16, 195.—
    2.
    In respect to relationship, a family, as part of a gens:

    addere nostrae lepidam famam familiae,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

    sororem despondere in fortem familiam,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 9: item appellatur familia plurium personarum, quae ab ejusdem ultimi genitoris sanguine proficiscuntur, sicuti dicimus familiam Juliam. Mulier autem familiae [p. 724] suae et caput et finis est, Dig. 50, 16, 195 fin.:

    qua in familia laus aliqua forte floruerit, hanc fere, qui sunt ejusdem stirpis, cupidissime persequuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2: EX EA FAMILIA... IN EAM FAMILIAM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 50, 16, 195:

    commune dedecus familiae, cognationis, nominis,

    Cic. Clu. 6, 16:

    Laeliorum et Muciorum familiae,

    id. Brut. 72, 252; id. Off. 2, 12 fin.:

    nobilissima in familia natus,

    id. Rep. 1, 19:

    ex familia vetere et illustri,

    id. Mur. 8, 17:

    primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum,

    id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

    hospes familiae vestrae,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignavia,

    Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    Transf.:

    libros, qui falso viderentur inscripti, tamquam subditicios, summovere familiā, permiserunt sibi,

    Quint. 1, 4, 3.—
    3.
    In gen., a family, the members of a household, = domus (rare):

    salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides et familiae omni,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32:

    si haec non nubat, fame familia pereat,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 46:

    ne pateretur Philippi domus et familiae inimicissimos stirpem interimere,

    Nep. Eum. 6, 3.—
    B.
    A company, sect, school, troop (rare but class.):

    cum universi in te impetum fecissent, tum singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10 42:

    familia tota Peripateticorum,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

    Aristoteles, Xenocrates, tota illa familia,

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

    familiae dissentientes inter se,

    id. de Or. 3, 16, 21:

    familia gladiatorum... familia Fausti,

    id. Sull. 19, 54:

    lanistarum,

    Suet. Aug. 42: tironum, a company of young soldiers, Cod. Th. 10, 1; Amm. 20, 4 med.—A troop or company of players, Plaut. Men. prol. 74.—
    2.
    Ducere familiam, in gen., to lead a company, i. e. to be at the head, be the first:

    Lucius quidem, frater ejus, familiam ducit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30; cf.:

    accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit in jure civili, singularis memoria summa scientia,

    id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:

    gravissima illa vestra sententia, quae familiam ducit,

    id. Fin. 4, 16, 45.

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  • 15 mater

    māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. mêtêr, the maker, akin with Dor. matêr; Germ. Mutter; Engl. mother; cf.: materies, manus], a mother ( dat. sing. matre, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 177; dat. plur. matris, Inscr. Grut. 90:

    matrabus,

    Inscr. Orell. 2089).
    I.
    Lit.:

    si quidem istius regis (sc. Anci Martii) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

    cur non sit heres matri suae?

    id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

    de pietate in matrem,

    id. Lael. 3, 11:

    Sassia mater hujus Aviti,

    id. Clu. 5, 12:

    Hecate, quae matre Asteria est,

    who has Asteria for her mother, id. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

    musa, matre nati,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 45: mater esse de aliquo, to be a mother, i. e. to be pregnant by any one, Ov. H. 9, 48:

    facere aliquam matrem,

    id. M. 9, 491: mater familias or familiae, the mistress of a house, matron (v. familia).—
    B.
    Transf., a nurse:

    mater sua... quae mammam dabat, neque adeo mater ipsa, quae illos pepererat,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 19:

    puero opust cibo, opus est autem matri quae puerum lavit,

    id. Truc. 5 10:

    lambere matrem,

    Verg. A. 8, 632.—As a title of honor, mother, applied to priestesses: jubemus te salvere, mater. Sa. Salvete puellae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 5:

    amice benigneque honorem, mater, nostrum habes,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 30.—To goddesses:

    Vesta mater,

    Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 4, 2; Verg. G. 1, 498:

    mater Matuta, v. h. v.: Flora mater,

    Lucr. 5, 739;

    the same: florum,

    Ov. F. 5, 183: mater magna, or absol.: Mater, i. e. Cybele, the mother of all the gods:

    matris magnae sacerdos,

    Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108:

    secreta palatia Matris,

    Juv. 9, 23:

    matres... cives Romanae, ut jus liberorum consecutae videantur,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 1:

    matris condicionem sequi,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 81; cf. §§ 67, 86.—Also, in gen., a woman, a lady; usu. in plur., women, ladies:

    pilentis matres in mollibus,

    Verg. A. 8, 666:

    matres atque viri,

    id. ib. 6, 306; cf. Ov. F. 1, 619.—Of the earth, as the mother of all:

    exercitum Dis Manibus matrique Terrae deberi,

    Liv. 8, 6; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Of a country:

    haec terra, quam matrem appellamus,

    Liv. 5, 54, 2:

    amorum,

    i. e. Venus, Ov. H. 16, 201:

    cupidinum,

    i. e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 19, 1.—Of animals:

    porci cum matribus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4:

    excretos prohibent a matribus haedos,

    Verg. G. 3, 398:

    ova assunt ipsis cum matribus, i. e. cum gallinis,

    Juv. 11, 70:

    mater simia,

    id. 10, 195:

    pullus hirundinis ad quem volat mater,

    id. 10, 232.—Of the trunks of trees, etc.:

    plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum,

    Verg. G. 2, 23; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—Of a fountain, as the source of waters:

    ex grandi palude oritur (fluvius), quam matrem ejus accolae appellant,

    Mel. 2, 1, 7.—Of a chief or capital city:

    mater Italiae Roma,

    Flor. 3, 18, 5:

    ut Graeci dicere solent, urbium mater, Cydona,

    id. 3, 7, 4:

    (Cilicia) matrem urbium habet Tarsum,

    Sol. 38; cf. Metropolis.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The mother, i. e. maternal love:

    simul matrem labare sensit,

    Ov. M. 6, 629: mater redit, Sen. ap. Med. 928.—
    B.
    Motherhood, maternity, Sen. Herc. Oet. 389.—
    C.
    A producing cause, origin, source, etc. (freq. and class.):

    apes mellis matres,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    philosophia mater omnium bene factorum,

    id. Brut. 93, 322:

    avaritiae mater, luxuries,

    id. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

    voluptas, malorum mater omnium,

    id. Leg. 1, 17, 47; 1, 22, 58; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Planc. 33, 80; Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Quint. 9, 3, 89:

    juris et religionis,

    Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

    justitiae imbecillitas mater est,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23:

    intemperantia omnium perturbationum mater,

    id. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

    similitudo est satietatis mater,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    utilitas justi prope mater et aequi,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 98; Lact. 3, 8, 32; Aug. in Psa. 83, 1.—Comically:

    eam (sc. hirneam) ego vini ut matre fuerat natum, eduxi meri,

    i. e. as it came from the cask, without the addition of water, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—
    D.
    The protector, shelter, home:

    urbs Roma, virtutum omnium mater, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 1: illa Jerusalem quae est mater nostra,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 26.

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  • 16 Matrona

    1.
    mātrōna, ae, f. [id.], 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).
    I.
    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 [p. 1120] Suet. Ner. 27:

    matronas prostratae pudicitiae,

    id. Tib. 35:

    dilectae adulter matronae,

    Juv. 10, 319.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    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.)
    2.
    Matrŏna, ae, m. (f., Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Pan. 812), a river in Gaul, now the Marne, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; Amm. 15, 11, 3; Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Carm. 5, 208.

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  • 17 matrona

    1.
    mātrōna, ae, f. [id.], 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).
    I.
    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 [p. 1120] Suet. Ner. 27:

    matronas prostratae pudicitiae,

    id. Tib. 35:

    dilectae adulter matronae,

    Juv. 10, 319.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    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.)
    2.
    Matrŏna, ae, m. (f., Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Pan. 812), a river in Gaul, now the Marne, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; Amm. 15, 11, 3; Aus. Mos. 462; Sid. Carm. 5, 208.

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  • 18 matronatus

    mātrōnātus, ūs, m. [id.], the dress of a matron or lady of rank, App. M. 4, p. 153, 9.

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  • 19 stola

    stŏla, ae, f., = stolê, a long upper garment.
    I.
    Orig., as with the Greeks, worn by any one: squalidā saeptus stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 27 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.); Ov. F. 6, 654: saeptus mendici stolā, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 28 (Trag. v. 372 Vahl.):

    lugubri stolā succincta,

    id. ib. 198, 4 (Trag. v. 134 id.); so,

    muliebris,

    Varr. ib. 537, 29 sq. —
    II.
    Later, with the Romans, in partic.,
    A.
    Lit., a long female upper garment, worn by the Roman matrons, and reaching from the neck to the ankles, a robe, gown, stole (cf. palla):

    vestimenta muliebria... veluti stolae, pallia, tunicae, etc.,

    Dig. 34, 2, 23; cf.:

    vir fortis stolam indutus,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3:

    (Dianae) erat admodum amplum signum cum stolā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

    ad talos stola demissa,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 99; Ov. P. 3, 3, 52; cf. id. Tr. 2, 252; Mart. 3, 93, 4; 10, 5, 1; Auct. Priap. 12, 11:

    tamquam stolam dedisset, in matrimonio conlocavit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—Hence, also, of the dress of a voluptuary, Hor. S. 1, 2, 71;

    of a cithern-player,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Ov. F. 6, 654;

    of the priests of Isis,

    App. M. 11, p. 269, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., a noble woman, lady, dame, matron:

    hic eques, hic juvenum coetu stola mixta laborat,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 235; Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 140; Val. Max. 2, 1, 5. —
    III.
    In eccl. Lat., a royal robe, Vulg. 1 Par. 15, 27.—
    2.
    Of the Jewish priests, Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 15.—
    3.
    A dress of ceremony, Vulg. Luc. 20, 46.

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  • 20 stolatae

    stŏlātus, a, um, adj. [stola].
    I.
    Lit., dressed in or wearing a stola:

    mulieres,

    Vitr. 1, 1 med.—Subst.: stŏlātae, ārum, f., = matronae, noble dames, matrons, Petr. 44, 18.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    pudor,

    i.e. befitting a matron, Mart. 1, 36, 8: Ulixes, Ulysses in petticoats, a jocose appellation of Livia on account of her cunning, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 23.

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