mammilla
English
Etymology
Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).
Noun
mammilla (plural mammillae)
- (anatomy) The nipple.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mammilla in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Noun
mammilla f (genitive mammillae); first declension
- Alternative form of mamilla
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | 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