Lewis & Short

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

Matrae, ārum, f. (dat. plur. MATRABVS, for Matris, Inscr. Grut. 29, 1), or Matres, more freq. Matronae, the protecting goddesses of a country, city, or place: MATRIS AVGVSTIS D. D., Inscr. Grut. 90, 1; so ib. 2 sq.

* mātresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [id.], to become a mother, to become like one’s mother (ante-class.): utinam nunc matrescam ingenio, Pac. ap. Non. 137, 7 dub. (Trag. Rel. v. 139 Rib., maturescam): matrescere, μητράζειν, Onomast. Vet.