materiarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →materia, materiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wood (building material), lumber, timber; woody branch/growth/part of tree;; material, matter, substance; food/fuel; breeding stock; topic, subject matter;; means, occasion, condition effecting action; latent ability/potential;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...meis placeat, dictavit auditor: illam iudiciorum subtilitatem, illud materiarum ingenium, bibliothecas, theatra, convictus, in quibus studere se voluptates..."- P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...magna ex parte contrariae. Nempe enim duo genera materiarum apud rhetoras tractantur, suasoriae et controversiae. Ex his suasoriae..."