mammalis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mamˈmaː.lis/, [mämˈmäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular			plural
	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

• mamma

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.