mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [maturus].
I Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
A Lit., of fruits: uvas, Tib. 1, 4, 19: pomum, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. — Pass. : maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity : frumenta maturantur, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60: omnia maturata, ripened , Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: uva maturata dulcescit, ripe , id. de Sen. 13, 53.—
2 Transf., to make ripe, to ripen, mature, soften, bring to maturity : vitis alba suppurationes veteres maturat, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 24: lupini strumas maturant, id. 22, 25, 74, § 156: partus conceptos, id. 30, 14, 43, § 123: olivas muria, to make ripe, soft, eatable , Pall. 12, 22, 2.— Pass., to become ripe or soft, to come to maturity : ova in sicco maturari, Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 177: alumen aestivis solibus maturatur, id. 35, 15, 52, § 184: concoctione maturata, id. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—
B Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
α With acc.: domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet, Liv. 24, 13: iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 63: mortem alicui, Cic. Clu. 61, 171: necem alicui, Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.: mortem ea res maturat, Cels. 7, 7, 7: insidias consuli, Sall. C. 32: fugam, Verg. A. 1, 137: negotia, Suet. Caes. 80: sibi exitium, id. Dom. 15: maturatur recordatio, Quint. 11, 2, 43: spem praedae suae morte maturare, Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—
β With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing: jube maturare illam exire huc, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101: flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5: ab urbe proficisci, id. ib. 1, 7: venire, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7: iter pergere, Sall. J. 79, 5.—
2 To hurry too much, precipitate : ni Catilina maturasset signum dare, had not Catiline given the signal too soon , Sall. C. 18, 8: jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi, Liv. 32, 16, 5.—
3 Poet.: multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur, i. e. to do in good time, betimes , Verg. G. 1, 261.—
II Neutr.
A Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.): ficus, quae sero maturant, Pall. Mart. 10, 27: tardius, id. Nov. 7, 22.—
B Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.): successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1: legati in Africam maturantes veniunt, Sall. J. 22, 1: et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc., Liv. 2, 22: maturandum ne, etc., id. 24, 12: facto maturatoque opus esse, id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin. : quam maturato opus erat, id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē , betimes, quickly (very rare): properare, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō , hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.