matronaliter
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mātrōnālis (“befitting a married woman or matron, matronly”), from mātrōna (“married woman, matron”) + -ālis, from māter (“mother; matron”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maː.troːˈnaː.li.ter/, [mäːt̪roːˈnäːlʲɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.troˈna.li.ter/, [mät̪roˈnäːlit̪er]
Adverb
[edit]mātrōnāliter (not comparable)
- like a matron
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “matronaliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press