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maturo
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(v. a.adv.) : mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. id..
* Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
* Lit., of fruits: uvas,Tib. 1, 4, 19: pomum,Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. —Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity: frumenta maturantur,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60: omnia maturata,ripened,Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: uva maturata dulcescit,ripe,id. de Sen. 13, 53.
* Neutr.
* Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
* With acc.: domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet,Liv. 24, 13: iter,Caes. B. C. 1, 63: mortem alicui,Cic. Clu. 61, 171: necem alicui,Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.: mortem ea res maturat,Cels. 7, 7, 7: insidias consuli,Sall. C. 32: fugam,Verg. A. 1, 137: negotia,Suet. Caes. 80: sibi exitium,id. Dom. 15: maturatur recordatio,Quint. 11, 2, 43: spem praedae suae morte maturare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.
* With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing: jube maturare illam exire huc,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101: flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit,Caes. B. G. 2, 5: ab urbe proficisci,id. ib. 1, 7: venire,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7: iter pergere,Sall. J. 79, 5.
* To hurry too much, precipitate: ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,had not Catiline given the signal too soon,Sall. C. 18, 8: jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi,Liv. 32, 16, 5.
* Poet.: multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,i. e. to do in good time, betimes,Verg. G. 1, 261.
* Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.): ficus, quae sero maturant,Pall. Mart. 10, 27: tardius,id. Nov. 7, 22.
* Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.): successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1: legati in Africam maturantes veniunt,Sall. J. 22, 1: et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc.,Liv. 2, 22: maturandum ne, etc.,id. 24, 12: facto maturatoque opus esse,id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.: quam maturato opus erat,id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare): properare,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.
* Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
* Lit., of fruits: uvas,Tib. 1, 4, 19: pomum,Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. —Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity: frumenta maturantur,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60: omnia maturata,ripened,Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: uva maturata dulcescit,ripe,id. de Sen. 13, 53.
* Neutr.
* Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
* With acc.: domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet,Liv. 24, 13: iter,Caes. B. C. 1, 63: mortem alicui,Cic. Clu. 61, 171: necem alicui,Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.: mortem ea res maturat,Cels. 7, 7, 7: insidias consuli,Sall. C. 32: fugam,Verg. A. 1, 137: negotia,Suet. Caes. 80: sibi exitium,id. Dom. 15: maturatur recordatio,Quint. 11, 2, 43: spem praedae suae morte maturare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.
* With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing: jube maturare illam exire huc,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101: flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit,Caes. B. G. 2, 5: ab urbe proficisci,id. ib. 1, 7: venire,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7: iter pergere,Sall. J. 79, 5.
* To hurry too much, precipitate: ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,had not Catiline given the signal too soon,Sall. C. 18, 8: jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi,Liv. 32, 16, 5.
* Poet.: multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,i. e. to do in good time, betimes,Verg. G. 1, 261.
* Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.): ficus, quae sero maturant,Pall. Mart. 10, 27: tardius,id. Nov. 7, 22.
* Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.): successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1: legati in Africam maturantes veniunt,Sall. J. 22, 1: et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc.,Liv. 2, 22: maturandum ne, etc.,id. 24, 12: facto maturatoque opus esse,id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.: quam maturato opus erat,id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare): properare,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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