mammo

See also: mammo-

English

Noun

mammo (plural mammos)

1. (informal) Clipping of mammogram.
   • 1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:

     One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.

Anagrams

• momma

Gothic

Romanization

mammō

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mo/
• Rhymes: -ammo
• Hyphenation: màm‧mo

Noun

mammo m (plural mammi)

1. (informal) a man who has the role of a mother

Related terms

• mamma

Latin

Etymology

mamma (“breast”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.moː/, [ˈmämːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mo/, [ˈmämːo]

Verb

mammō (present infinitive mammāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (Late Latin) to suckle (a baby)

Conjugation

Only attested in the present participle mammāns, but the existence of the verb is clear from the Romance descendants.

   Conjugation of mammō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mammō		mammās		mammat		mammāmus		mammātis		mammant
	imperfect	mammābam		mammābās		mammābat		mammābāmus		mammābātis		mammābant
	future	mammābō		mammābis		mammābit		mammābimus		mammābitis		mammābunt
passive	present	mammor		mammāris, mammāre		mammātur		mammāmur		mammāminī		mammantur
	imperfect	mammābar		mammābāris, mammābāre		mammābātur		mammābāmur		mammābāminī		mammābantur
	future	mammābor		mammāberis, mammābere		mammābitur		mammābimur		mammābiminī		mammābuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mammem		mammēs		mammet		mammēmus		mammētis		mamment
	imperfect	mammārem		mammārēs		mammāret		mammārēmus		mammārētis		mammārent
passive	present	mammer		mammēris, mammēre		mammētur		mammēmur		mammēminī		mammentur
	imperfect	mammārer		mammārēris, mammārēre		mammārētur		mammārēmur		mammārēminī		mammārentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mammā		—		—		mammāte		—
	future	—		mammātō		mammātō		—		mammātōte		mammantō
passive	present	—		mammāre		—		—		mammāminī		—
	future	—		mammātor		mammātor		—		—		mammantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mammāre			mammārī			mammāns			—
future		—			—			—			mammandus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mammandī		mammandō		mammandum		mammandō		—		—

Descendants

• Catalan: mamar
• Italian: mammare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mamar
  • Fala: mamal
  • Galician: mamar
  • Portuguese: mamar
• Old Spanish: mamar
  • Spanish: mamar

References

• “mammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mammo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.