mamilla

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mamilla.

Noun

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mamilla (plural mamillae)

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

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Derived terms

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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive of mamma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mamilla f (genitive mamillae); first declension

  1. breast
  2. nipple, teat

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mamilla mamillae
Genitive mamillae mamillārum
Dative mamillae mamillīs
Accusative mamillam mamillās
Ablative mamillā mamillīs
Vocative mamilla mamillae

Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin mamilla.

Noun

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mamilla f (plural mamillas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) nipple

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