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mămilla (incorrectly mamm-; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 36), ae, f. dim. [mamma], a breast, pap, nipple, teat.

  1. I. Lit., Vell. 2, 70, 5; Juv. 6, 400: laeva in parte mamillae Nil salit juveni, id. 7, 159: scrofa triginta clara mamillis, id. 12, 74; 13, 163.
    As a term of endearment, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47.
  2. II. Transf., a little pipe joined to a larger one, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2.

mamma, ae, f., = μα:μμα, a breast, pap, esp. of females, rarely of males; also, a teat, dug of animals.

  1. I. Lit.: puero isti date mammam, give him the breast, suckle him, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1; id. Trin. 5, 1, 16: puer in gremio matris sedens, mammam appetens, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: ubera mammarum, Lucr. 5, 885.
    Of a man: mammas homo solus e maribus habet, Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232; Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Just. 12, 9 fin.
    Of animals, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 18: mammam sugere, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: mammas praebere, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 234: mamma sterilescit, dries up, id. ib.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A protuberance on the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118.
    2. B. In the language of children, mother, mamma: cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 4; Mart. 1, 101, 1.
      In inscrr., for mother, Inscr. Orell. 2769; 2813; for grandmother, Inscr. Mur. 1134, 3; for nurse, Inscr. Visc. Mus. Pio-Clem. t. 2, p. 82.

Mammaea, ae, f.,

  1. I. the mother of the emperor Alexander Severus, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 3, 1.
    Hence,
  2. II. Mammaeānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mammæa, Mammæan, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 57, 7.

mammālis, e, adj. [mamma], of or for the breasts (post-class.): herba, good for diseases of the breasts, App. Herb. 26.

mammātus, a, um, adj. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], furnished with little pipes (post-Aug.), Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159, v. Sillig. ad h. l.

* mammĕātus, a, um, adj. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], for mammosus, having large breasts, largebreasted, full-breasted (Plautin.): amica Plin. Poen. 1, 2, 181; cf. Non. 137, 20.

mammĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], a little breast, i. e. a man’s breast: ubi mamma mammicula opprimitur, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 17.

mammilla, v. mamilla.

mammo, āre, 1, v. n. [mamma], to give suck (late Lat.): vae tunc praegnantibus et mammantibus, S. S. Marc. 13, 17, ap. Aug. in Psa. 95, 14.

† mammōnas, or mammōna, ae, or mammon, nos, m., = μαμμωνᾶς [properly, Syr. [??]], riches, mammon: non potestis servire Deo et Mammonae, Vulg. Matt. 6, 24; id. Luc. 16, 9; Aug. Serm. Domin. 2, 14: mammona iniquitatis prodere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10, 3.

mammōnĕus, a, um, adj. [mammonas], greedy of gain, self-interested (eccl. Lat.): fides, Prud. Ham. 429.

mammōsus, a, um, adj. [mamma], having large breasts, full-breasted.

  1. I. Lit.: non mammosa, non annosa, non<*> bibosa, Laber. ap. Gell. 3, 12.
    Of animals: canes feminae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 5.
  2. II. Transf., full, protuberant: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: genus panici, id. 18, 7, 10, § 54: tus, cluster-shaped, in which one drop adheres to the other, id. 12, 14, 32, § 61.

† mammothreptus, i, m., = μαμμόθρεπτος, nourished by a nurse, Aug. in Psa. Conc. 30.

1. mammŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma], a little breast or teat.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 1.
  2. II. Transf., in the language of children, little mamma, mammy, Inscr. Orell. 4849; 4671; cf. mamma, II. B.

2. Mammŭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: M. Cornelius Mammula, Liv. 42, 6.