immaturus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ mātūrus (“mature”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /im.maːˈtuː.rus/, [ɪmːäːˈt̪uːrʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.maˈtu.rus/, [imːäˈt̪uːrus]

Adjective

immātūrus (feminine immātūra, neuter immātūrum, comparative immātūrior, superlative immātūrrimus); first/second-declension adjective

immature, unripe, untimely, premature

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	immātūrus	immātūra	immātūrum	immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūra
Genitive	immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūrī	immātūrōrum	immātūrārum	immātūrōrum
Dative	immātūrō	immātūrae	immātūrō	immātūrīs
Accusative	immātūrum	immātūram	immātūrum	immātūrōs	immātūrās	immātūra
Ablative	immātūrō	immātūrā	immātūrō	immātūrīs
Vocative	immātūre	immātūra	immātūrum	immātūrī	immātūrae	immātūra

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “immature”): mātūrus

Derived terms

immātūrē

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: immatur, immadur
→ English: immature
→ French: immature
→ Italian: immaturo
→ Portuguese: imaturo
→ Romanian: imatur
→ Spanish: inmaduro

References

“immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
immaturus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura

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