Matúritas, pen. cor. tatis, f. g. Cic.Ripenesse: perfection: maturitie: full oportunitie: good season: time conuenient.Maturitas frumentorum. Cæs. Ripenesse of corne.Ingenium celeriter maturitatem assecurum.Cic.A wit that quickely commeth to ripenesse and perfection. Festinata maturitas óccidit celerius.Quintil.Soone ripe: soone rotten.Inchoata maturitas. Plin. Maturitas animaduertendi.Cic.Fit time and oportunitie.Maturitas ætatis.Cic. Etsi abest maturitas ætatis, iam tamen. &c. Although he be not yet of ripe age, yet, &c.Prima dicendi maturitas.Cic.Quum oratio iam nostra canesceret haberétque suam quandam maturitatem, & quasi senectutem.Cic.When my stile beganne to waxe graue, and had as it were, his full ripenesse and age.Omnium scelerum, ac veteris furoris & audacie maturitas in nostri Consulatus tempus erupit. Cicero. The verie persit ripenesse of all mischiefe and olde furie and desperate heddinesse brake out in the time of my Consulship.Senectutis maturitas naturale quiddã habet, quod suo tempore percipi debeat.Cic.Maturitas virtutis.Cic.Nondum est maturitas illud faciendi.Cic.It is not yet persit time and season to do it.Assequi maturitatem, Vide ASSEQVOR.Capere maturitatem, Vide CAPIO.
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mātūrĭtas, ātis, f. [id.]. I.Ripeness, maturity (class.). A.Lit.: frugum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: neque multum a maturitate aberant (frumenta), Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5; frumentorum, id. ib. 3, 49fin.: celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,
an accelerated, precocious maturity
, Quint. 6 praef. 10.—B.Transf., the full or proper time for any thing, perfection, ripeness, maturity: maturitates gignendi, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: ad maturitatem perducere, Plin. 19, 3, 15, 44: pervenire, id. 13, 4, 7, 33: maturitatem adipisci, id. 19, 5, 23, 67: partūs, id. 32, 1, 1, 6: aestiva, fullness of heat, Cic. ap. Non. 343, 21 (Rep. 4, 1, 1 B. and K.): muriae, i. e.
its proper strength
, Col. 12, 6, 2: aetatis ad prudentiam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4: ejus rei maturitas, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: habere maturitatem suam, id. Brut. 92, 318: maturitatem Galli criminando,
mental maturity, ripe understanding
, Tac. H. 1, 87; so, veteris imperatoris, Vell. 2, 125: indeflexa aetatis, Plin. Pan. 4, 7.—In plur.: temporum maturitates, mutationes, vicissitudinesque,
the maturing of the seasons
, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100; 2, 62, 155; but: si maturitas temporum, expectata foret, the full time, when the supplies would be exhausted, Liv. 22, 40, 9.— 2. Concr., ripe fruit, Pall. Febr. 9, 12.—3.Gentleness, mildness (late Lat.), Amm. 14, 1, 10.— II.Promptness, expedition (post-Aug.): poenae, Suet. Tib. 61: maturitatem beneficio Caesaris praestare,