morning (adj.) Copy link • morning (adj.): mātūtīnus: Cic.: Hor.: Virg.: v. preced. art. (2). Phr.: to pay m. calls, salutare (such visits being at Rome paid early in the morning): Cic. Sall. so, m.-callers, salutantes, Mart. 4, 8, 1; salutatores, Q. Cic. pet. cons. 9 and meton., salutatio (collectively): cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 20, fin., ubi salutatio defluxit, when the m.-callers have all gone.