morning (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. māne, indecl. neut.2. mātūtīnum tempus (as a period of time) • morning (subs.): 1. māne, indecl. neut.: only in nom. acc. and abl. (last most freq.: very early in the m., multo m., Cic. Att. 5, 4, 1: to sleep all the m., totum m. dormire, Mart. 1, 49, 36: from m. till evening, a m. usque ad vesperam, Suet. Cal. 18. Esp. as quasi-adverb: this m., hodie mane, Cic. Att. 13, 9; more emphatically (this very m.), hodierno die mane, id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: early in the m., bene mane, id. Att. 4, 9, extr. 2. mātūtīnum tempus (as a period of time): to devote one's m.s to (favourite) readings, m. tempora lectiunculis consumere, id. Fam. 7, 1, init. Col. has dies matutinus in same sense, 6, 2, ad init. See also dawn (subs. and verb). Phr.: good m.! salve, ave! (the latter in parting): v. good (fin.).