mātūtīnus, a, um, adj. [Matuta; cf.: mane, manus, maturus],
I of or belonging to the morning, morning- (class.): tempora, the morning hours , Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1: frigora, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: dies, the morning , Col. 6, 2, 3: equi, i. e. Aurorae, Ov. F. 5, 160: radii, the morning sun , id. M. 1, 62: somni, Mart. 14, 125, 1: harena, i. e. the morning-hunt in the Circus , Ov. M. 11, 26: cliens, who comes early in the morning , Mart. 12, 68, 1: Juppiter, who is saluted early in the morning , id. 4, 8, 12: Aeneas se matutinus agebat, was up early , Verg. A. 8, 465: pater, i. e. Janus, who (as the god of time) was invoked early in the morning, that he might promote business , Hor. S. 2, 6, 20: ter matutino Tiberi mergetur, Juv. 6, 523: matutino sudans amomo, id. 4, 108.—
II Transf.: frons, i. e. sober, serious , Mart. 13, 2, 10.— Subst.: mātūtīnum , i, n., the morning, morning- , Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 80: serere matutinis, meridie metere, id. 4, 12, 26, § 90.— Hence, adv., in two forms.
A mātūtī-nē , in the morning, early in the morning , only ap. Prisc. p. 635 P.—
B mātūtīnō , early in the morning (post-Aug.), Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181; 19, 12, 60, § 183; Ap. Met. 5, 17, 2; 7, 24, 7 al.; cf. Charis. 168 P.; Diom. 402 P.