mattus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate with Latin madeō (“I am wet”) and Sanskrit मत्त (mattá, “drunk”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmat.tus/, [ˈmat.tʊs]

Adjective

mattus (feminine matta, neuter mattum); first/second declension

  1. drunk, intoxicated

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mattus matta mattum mattī mattae matta
Genitive mattī mattae mattī mattōrum mattārum mattōrum
Dative mattō mattō mattīs
Accusative mattum mattam mattum mattōs mattās matta
Ablative mattō mattā mattō mattīs
Vocative matte matta mattum mattī mattae matta

Synonyms

References
  • mattus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mattus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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