mammilla

English

Etymology

From 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

mammilla f (genitive mammillae); first declension

1. Alternative form of mamilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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.