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mattus.

drunk, intoxicated

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈmat.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈmat.tus]

  1. drunk, intoxicated

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Italic *madēō Latin madēre Latin *maditus Latin mattus Syncopated from *madĭtus (with subsequent assimilation of /dt/ to /tt/), from madēre (“be drunk, be wet”), itself from Proto-Italic *madēō, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate of Sanskrit मत्त (mattá, “drunk”).

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