Mater

Latin term for "mother." The term may appear spelled several different ways in historical documents according to its grammatical usage in the sentence, as shown in the following table:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mater	matres
Vocative	mater	matres
Accusative	matrem	matres
Genitive	matris	matrum
Dative	matri	matribus
Ablative	matre	matribus