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..."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..."