mother Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. māter2. părens, ntis, c.3. gĕnĕtrix, īcis4. prōcreātrix, īcis5. expr. by părio, gigno • mother: I. Lit.: māter, tris: pass. Dimin. matercula (little or poor m.), Cic. Fl. 36, fin.: Hor. Belonging to a m., mother's, maternus: the name of m., nomen maternum, Cic. Clu. 5, 12: Ter. (Both the subs. and adj. may be used as well with relation to inferior animals: matrix, īcis, is a she-animal kept for breeding: cf. Varr. 2, 5, med., habeo tauros ... ad matrices septuaginta duo, two bulls to seventy breeding cows: Col.) Phr.: to become a m., parĕre (v. to bring forth): m.'s brother (maternal uncle), avunculus (v. uncle): brothers born of the same m., fratres uterini, Just. Cod. 5, 61, 21: children whose m.s are still living, liberi matrimi, Liv. 37, 3, med. (so, patrimi, whose fathers are living, ib.): to suck in error with one's m.'s milk, cum lacte nutricis errorem sugere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2. II. Fig.: producer, originator: 1. māter: Philosophy the m. of all good arts, m. omnium bonarum artium philosophia, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58: Hor. 2. părens, ntis, c.: Join: parens educatrixque [sapientia], Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 62; procreatrix et quasi parens, id. Or. 1, 3, 9. 3. gĕnĕtrix, īcis: Egypt m. of vices, Aegyptus g. vitiorum, Plin. 26, 1, 3: Just. 4. prōcreātrix, īcis: Cic. (v. supr. 2). 5. expr. by părio, gigno: cf. Cic. Am. 6, 20, virtus amicitiam et gignit et continet, virtue is both the m. and the maintainer of friendship: v. to beget.