μαμμόθρεπτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάμμη (mámmē, “grandmother”) + θρεπτός (threptós) verbal adjective from τρέφω (tréphō, “to bring up”).

Adjective

μαμμόθρεπτος • (mammóthreptos)

1. brought up by one's grandmother

Descendants

• Latin: mammothreptus
  • English: mammothrept

References

• “μαμμόθρεπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαμμόθρεπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette