premature Copy link Outline 1. praeprŏpĕrus (over-hasty)2. immātūrus3. praemātūrus (coming before its time; whereas, immaturus denotes either that something is immature or unripe or the person unripe for it)4. ăcerbus (lit. sour; as unripe fruit • premature: 1. praeprŏpĕrus (over-hasty): p. commencement of a canvass, p. prensatio, Cic. Att. 1, 1, init. 2. immātūrus: a p. (untimely) death, im. mors, Cic. Ph. 2, 46, 119: Suet.: Plin. min. 3. praemātūrus (coming before its time; whereas, immaturus denotes either that something is immature or unripe or the person unripe for it): a p. announcement, p. denuntiatio, Plan. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, med.: p. gray hairs, p. canities, Tac. A. 14, 57, extr. (where immatura would be out of place): Plin. 4. ăcerbus (lit. sour; as unripe fruit: poet.): Virg. Aen. 6, 429. See also precocious.
PREMATURE Copy link • PREMATUREPROP., praematurus: praecox. Figuratively, immaturus: praematurus: praecox: a premature death, mors immatura (Cic.); praematura (Plin.); decessio matura (Cic.): premature old age, canities praematura: a premature birth, abortus (Cic.).