mammilla

English

Etymology

Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

mammilla (plural mammillae)

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

References
  • mammilla in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Noun

mammilla f (genitive mammillae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of mamilla

Declension

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
  • “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
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