mammalis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Post-Classical, from mamma (“breast”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mamˈmaː.lis/, [mämˈmäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mamˈma.lis/, [mämˈmäːlis]
Adjective edit
mammālis (neuter mammāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or for the breasts
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mammālis | mammāle | mammālēs | mammālia | |
| Genitive | mammālis | mammālium | |||
| Dative | mammālī | mammālibus | |||
| Accusative | mammālem | mammāle | mammālēs mammālīs |
mammālia | |
| Ablative | mammālī | mammālibus | |||
| Vocative | mammālis | mammāle | mammālēs | mammālia | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “mammalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mammalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.