Mater | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

mater
māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. μήτηρ, the maker, akin with ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
mater
māter (1) tris, f 2 MA-, a mother : pietas in matrem: quae matre Asteriā est, daughter of Asteria...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Alma Mater
·- A college or seminary where one is educated. ...

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Dura mater
·- The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds...

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Pia mater
·- The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. ...

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Stabat Mater
·- A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of o...

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