magna matern.

Brit.

/ˌmaɡnə ˈmeɪtə/,

/ˌmaɡnə ˈmɑːtə/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæɡnə ˈmɑdər/

Inflections: Plural magna maters, magnae matres.

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magna māter.

Etymology: < classical Latin magna māter, māter magna great mother (title of the goddess Cybele) < magna , feminine of magnus great (see magni- comb. form) + māter mother n.¹

A mother goddess, a fertility deity, esp. Cybele. Also (in extended use): a woman of a strongly maternal or erotic disposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess > mother-goddess

goddess-mother1558

mother goddess1558

magna mater1710

Great Mother1735

mother goddess1853

1710 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal Satires xi, in Wks. III. 961 (note) Cybele..was called megale meter, Magna Mater, and from thence these Games Megalesia.

1735 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 33 The Great Mother. [Note] Magna mater, here apply'd to Dulness.

a1825 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 481/2 Cybele, otherwise known as Ops, Rhea, Vesta,..Idæa Mater, Magna Mater, Mater Deorum, Bona Dea, and Tellus.

1896 Folk-Lore Mar. 47 Cybele, the Magna Mater, whose image in the shape of a rough field-stone had been given by the Phrygian priests.

1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xxi. 356 There was a strange cult in the ancient world, the worship of Magna Mater—the Great Mother.

1962 ‘M. Innes’ Connoisseur's Case viii. 92 She was a kind of magna mater whose true sphere was a teeming nursery.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Sept. 977/3 In Frieda [von Richthofen]'s case this was a straightforward matter. Like other magnae matres of the time (Mr. Green discusses Alma Mahler, Isadora Duncan, Lou Andreas-Salome and Mabel Dodge Luhan), she sought to enhance life by erotic love.

2004 A. Bell Spectacular Power in Greek & Roman City ii. 33 Battaces Battaces, a priest of the Magna Mater, arrived in Rome from..Phrygia (in 102 bc).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	magna mater
释义	magna matern. Brit. /ˌmaɡnə ˈmeɪtə/, /ˌmaɡnə ˈmɑːtə/, U.S. /ˈˌmæɡnə ˈmɑdər/ Inflections: Plural magna maters, magnae matres. Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magna māter. Etymology: < classical Latin magna māter, māter magna great mother (title of the goddess Cybele) < magna , feminine of magnus great (see magni- comb. form) + māter mother n.¹ A mother goddess, a fertility deity, esp. Cybele. Also (in extended use): a woman of a strongly maternal or erotic disposition. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess > mother-goddess goddess-mother1558 mother goddess1558 magna mater1710 Great Mother1735 mother goddess1853 1710 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal Satires xi, in Wks. III. 961 (note) Cybele..was called megale meter, Magna Mater, and from thence these Games Megalesia. 1735 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 33 The Great Mother. [Note] Magna mater, here apply'd to Dulness. a1825 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 481/2 Cybele, otherwise known as Ops, Rhea, Vesta,..Idæa Mater, Magna Mater, Mater Deorum, Bona Dea, and Tellus. 1896 Folk-Lore Mar. 47 Cybele, the Magna Mater, whose image in the shape of a rough field-stone had been given by the Phrygian priests. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xxi. 356 There was a strange cult in the ancient world, the worship of Magna Mater—the Great Mother. 1962 ‘M. Innes’ Connoisseur's Case viii. 92 She was a kind of magna mater whose true sphere was a teeming nursery. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Sept. 977/3 In Frieda [von Richthofen]'s case this was a straightforward matter. Like other magnae matres of the time (Mr. Green discusses Alma Mahler, Isadora Duncan, Lou Andreas-Salome and Mabel Dodge Luhan), she sought to enhance life by erotic love. 2004 A. Bell Spectacular Power in Greek & Roman City ii. 33 Battaces Battaces, a priest of the Magna Mater, arrived in Rome from..Phrygia (in 102 bc). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1710
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