ripe Copy link Outline 1. mātūrus (superl. usu. reg.2. permātūrus (thoroughly r.)3. tempestīvus (seasonable, full grown)4. coctus (prop. a part.). Join5. praecox, cŏcis, also -cŏquis, is, and -cŏquus (r. before its time)6. expr. by mātūrātus (prop. a part.) • ripe: 1. mātūrus (superl. usu. reg.: maturrimus in Tac. A. 12, 65: in fig. sense, foll. by a gen. of the object in which, a dat. or very rarely acc. with ad of that for which anything or person is r.): a r. grape, uva m., Virg. E. 10, 36. Fig. when your age shall have grown r., quum m. adoleverit aetas, id. Aen. 12, 438: r. in years, m. aevi, id. ib. 5, 73: r. for command, m. imperio, Liv. 1, 3, init.: v. perfect. 2. permātūrus (thoroughly r.): pears not quite r., pira non p., Cels. 6, 13, ad fin.: Col. 3. tempestīvus (seasonable, full grown): r. fruit, t. fructus, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14. Fig.: r. for heaven, t. coelo, Ov. M. 15, 584: Hor. 4. coctus (prop. a part.). Join: maturus et c., Cic. Sen. 19, 71. 5. praecox, cŏcis, also -cŏquis, is, and -cŏquus (r. before its time): figs r. before their time, praecoques fici, Col. 5, 10: v. premature. 6. expr. by mātūrātus (prop. a part.): a r. grape, uva m., Cic. Sen. 15, 53: v. the vb. Phr.: not to be far from r., non multum a maturitate abesse, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: the r. understanding of Gallus, maturitas Galli, Tac. H. 1, 87. (N.B.--Maturum judicium in Cic. Caecin. 3, 7, is a quick apprehension and judgment.)