mammalis

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. Of or for the breasts

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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Descendants

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  • English: mammal
  • Translingual: Mammalia

References

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  • 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.