Matûro, matúras, pen prod maturâre. Terent.To make haste or speede: to hye: to do speedily or quickely: to hasten: to make ripe or persit.Romam profecturus maturauit.Liu.He made haste or speede to go to Rome.Dicimus maturare absolutè: & maturare rem aliquam.Cic.To hasten forward a thing.Maturare & properare. Vir. To hie and make haste.Maturare cœpra.Liu.To make speede to finishe that he bath begun.Fugam maturare.Virg.To make speede to flie.Maturate alicui mortem.Cicer.To procure one to be put to death quickly.Maturare proficisci, & Maturare facere funus. Li. To make haste to go forth a towne.Ni maturatum ab Dictatore Romano esset.Liu.If the Dic. tatour had not made speede. Arbores quædã maturant celeriter, sicut morus. Pli. Some trees ripen their fruice very soone.Arbores tardius maturantes. Pli. Amygdala mense Martio pomum maturat. Pli. The almon tree hath his frnite ripe in march.Annus in apricis maturat collibus vuas. Tibul. The yéare quickely ripeneth grapes in sunnie hilles.Oua maturantur. Plin.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.]. I.Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.). A.Lit., of fruits: uvas, Tib. 1, 4, 19: pomum, Plin. 16, 25, 41, 102. —Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity: frumenta maturantur, Plin. 18, 7, 10, 60: omnia maturata,
ripened
, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: uva maturata dulcescit,
ripe
, id. de Sen. 13, 53.—2.Transf., to make ripe, to ripen, mature, soften, bring to maturity: vitis alba suppurationes veteres maturat, Plin. 23, 1, 16, 24: lupini strumas maturant, id. 22, 25, 74, 156: partus conceptos, id. 30, 14, 43, 123: olivas muria,
to make ripe, soft, eatable
, Pall. 12, 22, 2.—Pass., to become ripe or soft, to come to maturity: ova in sicco maturari, Plin. 9, 57, 83, 177: alumen aestivis solibus maturatur, id. 35, 15, 52, 184: concoctione maturata, id. 11, 37, 79, 200.—B.Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.). (a). With acc.: domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet, Liv. 24, 13: iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 63: mortem alicui, Cic. Clu. 61, 171: necem alicui, Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.: mortem ea res maturat, Cels. 7, 7, 7: insidias consuli, Sall. C. 32: fugam, Verg. A. 1, 137: negotia, Suet. Caes. 80: sibi exitium, id. Dom. 15: maturatur recordatio, Quint. 11, 2, 43: spem praedae suae morte maturare, Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—(b). With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing: jube maturare illam exire huc, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101: flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5: ab urbe proficisci, id. ib. 1, 7: venire, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7: iter pergere, Sall. J. 79, 5.—2.To hurry too much, precipitate: ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,
had not Catiline given the signal too soon
, Sall. C. 18, 8: jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi, Liv. 32, 16, 5.— 3.Poet.: multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur, i. e.
to do in good time, betimes
, Verg. G. 1, 261.—II.Neutr.A.Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.): ficus, quae sero maturant, Pall. Mart. 10, 27: tardius, id. Nov. 7, 22.—B.Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.): successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1: legati in Africam maturantes veniunt, Sall. J. 22, 1: et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc., Liv. 2, 22: maturandum ne, etc., id. 24, 12: facto maturatoque opus esse, id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.: quam maturato opus erat, id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare): properare, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.