prae-mātūrus, a, um, adj.
I Very early , early (syn. praecox): fructus, Col. 11, 3, 51.—
II Too early , untimely , premature : denuntiatio, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8: mors, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; so, cineres, Juv. 11, 44: hiems, Tac. A. 1, 30: honores, id. ib. 4, 17: canities, id. ib. 14, 57.—In neutr. sing. : castrari agnos, nisi quinquemestres, praematurum existimatur, is thought too early , premature , Plin. 8, 48, 75, § 198.—Adv.: praemātūrē , too soon , untimely , prematurely (ante- and post-class.): praemature vitā careo, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 69: cum significandum est coactius quid factum, et festinatius, tum rectius praemature factum id dicitur, quam mature, Gell. 10, 11, 8.— Comp. : praematurius agi, Dig. 45, 1, 118.