mammeatus

Latin

Etymology

From mamma (“breast”) +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mammeātus (feminine mammeāta, neuter mammeātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (hapax legomenon) large-breasted, full-breasted
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 393:
      huius amica mammeata, mea inimica et malevola
      • 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley. (The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.)
        MILPHIO: his full-bosomed mistress, my enemy and evil-wisher

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mammeātus mammeāta mammeātum mammeātī mammeātae mammeāta
genitive mammeātī mammeātae mammeātī mammeātōrum mammeātārum mammeātōrum
dative mammeātō mammeātae mammeātō mammeātīs
accusative mammeātum mammeātam mammeātum mammeātōs mammeātās mammeāta
ablative mammeātō mammeātā mammeātō mammeātīs
vocative mammeāte mammeāta mammeātum mammeātī mammeātae mammeāta

References

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