mammilla

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English

Etymology

From Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mammilla (plural mammillae)

  1. (anatomy) The nipple.
  2. A nipple-like object.

References

Latin

Noun

mammilla f (genitive mammillae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of mamilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mammilla mammillae
genitive mammillae mammillārum
dative mammillae mammillīs
accusative mammillam mammillās
ablative mammillā mammillīs
vocative mammilla mammillae

References

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