a woman

woman

woman.

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fēmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, feminine (rare but class. and mostly poet.) = muliebris.

Prop.:

feminae vir feminea interemor manu,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20 (in version of Soph. Trachin.):

femineae vocis exilitas,

Quint. 1, 11, 1:

quatuor ille quidem juvenes totidemque crearat Femineae sortis,

i. e. of the female sex, Ov. M. 6, 680:

sors,

id. ib. 13, 651; cf.

sexus,

Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129:

artus,

Ov. M. 10, 729:

catervae,

Val. Fl. 4, 603:

labor,

Tib. 2, 1, 63; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 23:

dolor,

id. M. 9, 151:

clamor,

id. ib. 12, 226; cf.

vox,

id. ib. 3, 536;

4, 29: plangores,

Verg. A. 2, 488:

Marte cadendum,

i. e. by the hand of a woman, Ov. M. 12, 610:

amor,

i. e. love for a woman, id. Am. 3, 2, 40:

cupido,

id. M. 9, 734:

venus,

id. ib. 10, 80:

poena,

i. e. executed on a woman, Verg. A. 2, 584: Calendae, i. e. the first of March (on which the Matronalia were celebrated), Juv. 9, 53:

ceroma,

for women's use, id. 6, 246.—

Transf., with an accessory notion of contempt, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: vox, Quint, 1, 11, 1; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 286:

pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 693:

amor praedae,

Verg. A. 11, 782:

lunae femineum et molle sidus,

Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

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ănīlis, e, adj. [anus], of or pertaining to an old woman.

Lit.:

voltus,

Verg. A. 7, 416:

passus,

Ov. M. 13, 533:

aetas,

Col. 2, 1, 2.—

Often in a contemptuous sense, like an old woman, old womanish, anile:

ineptiae paene aniles,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

superstitio imbecilli animi atque anilis,

id. Div. 2, 60; so id. N. D. 2, 28; 3, 5; * Hor. S. 2, 6, 77; Quint. 1, 8, 19.— Comp. and sup. not used.—

* Adv.: ănīlĭter, like an old woman:

dicere aliquid,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

Maeŏnes, um, m., = Maiones, the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, [p. 1096] in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,

Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Maionia (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,

Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—

Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—

Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = Maionidês, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).

A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—

An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:

Maeonidūm tellus,

Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —

Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = Maionis, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,

i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:

Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,

i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:

femina,

a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—

Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Maionios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:

rex,

Verg. A. 9, 546:

domus,

id. ib. 10, 141:

mitra,

id. ib. 4, 216:

Bacchus,

i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:

ripae,

i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.— Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —

In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:

senex,

Ov. A. A. 2, 4:

carmen,

id. P. 3, 3, 31:

chartae,

id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

pes,

id. R. Am. 373:

lingua,

Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —

Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:

Maeonii nautae,

Ov. M. 4, 423:

lacus,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:

fluctus,

id. 12, 17:

terra,

Etruria, id. 10, 40:

aequor,

the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.

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).

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.—

Esp.

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.—

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.—

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.)

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.

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).

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.—

Esp.

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.—

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.—

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.)

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.