mammo

See also: mammo-

English

Noun

mammo (plural mammos)

1. (informal) Clipping of mammogram.
   • 1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:

     One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.

Anagrams

• momma

Gothic

Romanization

mammō

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mo/
• Rhymes: -ammo
• Hyphenation: màm‧mo

Noun

mammo m (plural mammi)

1. (informal) a man who has the role of a mother

Related terms

• mamma

Latin

Etymology

mamma (“breast”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.moː/, [ˈmämːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mo/, [ˈmämːo]

Verb

mammō (present infinitive mammāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Late Latin) to suckle (a baby)

Conjugation

Only attested in the present participle mammāns, but the existence of the verb is clear from the Romance descendants.

Conjugation of mammō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mammō	mammās	mammat	mammāmus	mammātis	mammant
	imperfect	mammābam	mammābās	mammābat	mammābāmus	mammābātis	mammābant
	future	mammābō	mammābis	mammābit	mammābimus	mammābitis	mammābunt
passive	present	mammor	mammāris, mammāre	mammātur	mammāmur	mammāminī	mammantur
	imperfect	mammābar	mammābāris, mammābāre	mammābātur	mammābāmur	mammābāminī	mammābantur
	future	mammābor	mammāberis, mammābere	mammābitur	mammābimur	mammābiminī	mammābuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mammem	mammēs	mammet	mammēmus	mammētis	mamment
	imperfect	mammārem	mammārēs	mammāret	mammārēmus	mammārētis	mammārent
passive	present	mammer	mammēris, mammēre	mammētur	mammēmur	mammēminī	mammentur
	imperfect	mammārer	mammārēris, mammārēre	mammārētur	mammārēmur	mammārēminī	mammārentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mammā	—	—	mammāte	—
	future	—	mammātō	mammātō	—	mammātōte	mammantō
passive	present	—	mammāre	—	—	mammāminī	—
	future	—	mammātor	mammātor	—	—	mammantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mammāre	—	—	mammārī	—	—
participles		mammāns	—	—	—	—	mammandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mammandī	mammandō	mammandum	mammandō	—	—

Descendants

• Catalan: mamar
• Galician: mamar
• Italian: mammare
• Portuguese: mamar
• Spanish: mamar

References

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