matresco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mātresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [mater],

to become a mother, to become like one's mother (ante-class.): utinam nunc matrescam ingenio, Pac. ap. Non. 137, 7 dub. (Trag. Rel. v. 139 Rib., maturescam): matrescere, μητράζειν, Onomast. Vet.