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matrastra

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Latin

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Etymology

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From mātr- (“mother”) +‎ -astra (“wannabe”). Found in Imperial inscriptions and in the Reichenau Glossary.[1]

Noun

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mātrastra f (genitive mātrastrae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. stepmother
    • CIL XI 6730, 4 :
      hic est Hirculis, qu[i] a matrastra sua / perivit[2]
      This is Hercules, who died at the hands of his stepmother.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mātrastra mātrastrae
genitive mātrastrae mātrastrārum
dative mātrastrae mātrastrīs
accusative mātrastram mātrastrās
ablative mātrastrā mātrastrīs
vocative mātrastra mātrastrae

Coordinate terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “matrastra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 494
  2. ^ Diehl, Ernst. 1910. Vulgärlateinische Inschriften. Bonn: Marcus & Weber. Page 106.
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