mammalis

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, from mamma (“breast”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mamˈmaː.lis/, [mämˈmäːlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mamˈma.lis/, [mämˈmäːlis]

Adjective

mammālis (neuter mammāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or for the breasts

Declension

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

Descendants
  • English: mammal
  • Translingual: Mammalia

References
  • “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
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