mamilla

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mamilla.

Noun

mamilla (plural mamillae)

  1. (anatomy) The small projection of a mammary gland; a nipple.
  2. A nipple-shaped protuberance.

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of mamma.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamilla f (genitive mamillae); first declension

  1. breast
  2. nipple, teat

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mamilla mamillae
genitive mamillae mamillārum
dative mamillae mamillīs
accusative mamillam mamillās
ablative mamillā mamillīs
vocative mamilla mamillae

Descendants

References

  • “mamilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mamilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mamilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin mamilla.

Noun

mamilla f (plural mamillas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) nipple

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