English edit

Etymology edit

Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (breast).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mammilla (plural mammillae)

  1. (anatomy) The nipple.
  2. A nipple-like object.

References edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

mammilla f (genitive mammillae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of mamilla

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mammilla mammillae
Genitive mammillae mammillārum
Dative mammillae mammillīs
Accusative mammillam mammillās
Ablative mammillā mammillīs
Vocative mammilla mammillae

References edit

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