Matrae

Matrae, ārum, f. (dat. plur. MATRABVS, for Matris, Inscr. Grut. 29, 1), or Matres, more freq. Matronae,

• the protecting goddesses of a country, city, or place: MATRIS AVGVSTIS D. D., Inscr. Grut. 90, 1; so ib. 2 sq.

Mātrae, ārum, f., wie Matronae = Land-, Stadt-, Ortsschutzgöttinnen, Corp. inscr. Lat. 12, 1824 u. 13765. – Dat. Plur. auch Matrabus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 5369. 5371. 5959.