(adjective) : māternus, a, um, mater
* Of or belonging to a mother, maternal (class.): sanguis, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.): paternus maternusque sanguis,Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66: animus,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 24: nomen,Cic. Clu. 5, 12: menses,the months of pregnancy,Nemes. Cyn. 19: tempora,time of pregnancy,Ov. M. 3, 312: Caesar cingens maternā tempora myrto, i. e. of Venus, the mother of Aeneas, from whom sprang the race of the Caesars, Verg. G. 1, 28: arma (Aeneae),i. e. which his mother Venus had obtained for him from Vulcan,id. A. 12, 107: aves,i. e. the doves sacred to Venus,id. ib. 6, 193: avus,i. e. Atlas, the father of Maia, the mother of Mercury,id. ib. 4, 258: Delum maternam invisit Apollo,i. e. where his mother Latona had borne him,id. ib. 144: aequora, i. e. from which she (Venus) was born, Ov. F. 4, 131: Numa,related by the mother's side,id. P. 3, 2, 105; cf.: an ad maternos Latinos hoc senatus consultum pertineat,Gai. Inst. 3, 71: nobilitas,by the mother's side,Verg. A. 11, 340: Idus, i. e. of May (Mercury's birthday), Mart. 7, 71 5—Of animals: ut agnus condiscat maternum trahere alimentum,Col. 7, 3: perdix materna vacans cura,Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103.

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