Magna Mater

[ mahg-nuh mah-ter ]

noun

, Roman Religion.

1. Cybele; Ops; Rhea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Magna Mater¹

First recorded in 1700–10 ; from Latin magna māter “great mother,” title for several godesses, especially for Cybele

Example Sentences

The ancient historian Velleius Paterculus says that a theatre was built between the cave and the temple of Magna Mater, the location of which is now well known.

From The Guardian

The Queen of Heaven reminds him of Astarte or Mylitta; the Divine Mother of the Magna Mater, the “great mother” of Oriental cults.

From Project Gutenberg

Jupiter, on a cippus with a curious relief of Claudia drawing the boat with the image of the Magna Mater up the Tiber.

From Project Gutenberg

There were the gravest moral abuses connected with such worships as that of Magna Mater.

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The temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, those of Quirinus and the Magna Mater, besides eighty-two other shrines of lesser fame, were repaired or restored by him.

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