mamilla

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈmil.la/, [maˈmɪl.la]

Noun

mamilla f (genitive mamillae); first declension

  1. breast
  2. nipple, teat

Inflection

First declension.

Case 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

Synonyms
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