mammalis

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Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, from mamma (breast) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mammālis (neuter mammāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or for the breasts

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mammālis mammāle mammālēs mammālia
genitive mammālis mammālium
dative mammālī mammālibus
accusative mammālem mammāle mammālēs
mammālīs
mammālia
ablative mammālī mammālibus
vocative mammālis mammāle mammālēs mammālia

Descendants

  • English: mammal
  • Translingual: Mammalia

References

  • mammalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mammalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.