Matrona

matrona matróna Matroną matroną Latin la: right|thumb|View of the river Etymology la cel From la cel-gau Matrona Mātronā (Dea Matrona), cognate to wlm Modron, from la cel-pro *Mātronā, a derivative of cel-pro *mātīr mother. Pronunciation mātrona Proper noun Mātrona<1> f m la major river in modern east-central c/France Marne la Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1 1 Gallōs ab Aquītānī Garumna flūmen, ā Belgīs Mātrona et Sēquana dīvidit. The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitanians, the Marne and the Seine from the Belgians. la Ausonius Mosella 461 463 Nōn tibi sē Liger anteferet, non Axona praeceps,Mātrona nōn, Gallīs Belgīsque intersita fīnīs,Santonicō refluus non ipse Carantonus aestū. Not the Loire will have preference before you, not precipitous Aisne,not the Marne, put between the Gaulish and Belgian lands,not the Charente himself, driven back by the Santonic tide. The goddess associated with the river la altar inscription CIL XIII, 5674 2nd century AD Successus Natalis l(ibertus) maceriem caementiciam circa hoc templum de sua pecunia Matronae ex voto suscepto v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) Successus, freed from Natalis, had this outer wall in rubble stones built around this temple at his own expense in honour of Matrona, after making a vow, and paid his vow willingly and deservedly Noémie Beck 2009 The River-Goddess in Celtic Traditions: Mother, Healer and Wisdom Purveyor Noémie Beck 2015 https://hal.science/hal-03275671/document Mélanges en l’honneur de Pierre-Yves Lambert Usage notes The gender as a river name is variously given as masculine,Kühner's Latin Grammar, translated by J.T. Champlin, 1853, page 13 §16 feminine,Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar, by Basil Gildersleeve and Gonzalez Lodge, 1905, page 7 or variableAtkinson's Appendix to His Key to the Latin Language, by John Atkinson, 1822, page 3 in dictionaries and grammars. Feminine follows the general gender assignment of first declension nouns; masculine follows a general rule that river names in Latin were masculine. Both rules have exceptions. It is feminine in Ausonius. Declension Mātrona<1> Descendants fr Marne ang Mætern 1 References Further reading Polish pl: Etymology pl :lbor la:Mātrōna + 1 Pronunciation matrona Proper noun f pl female Latin Declension