maternus

== Latin == === Etymology === From māter (“mother”) + -nus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maːˈtɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈtɛr.nus] === Adjective === māternus (feminine māterna, neuter māternum); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to a mother, maternal Synonyms: mātrālis, māternālis (Medieval Latin) Coordinate terms: patrius, paternus, paternālis (Medieval Latin) related through the mother, or her side of the family ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== māternālis māternē māternitās ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “maternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.