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

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.