mammosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mammōsus, a, um, adj. [mamma], having large breasts, full-breasted.

I Lit.: non mammosa, non annosa, non bibosa, Laber. ap. Gell. 3, 12.—Of animals: canes feminae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 5.—

II Transf., full, protuberant : pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: genus panici, id. 18, 7, 10, § 54: tus, cluster-shaped , in which one drop adheres to the other, id. 12, 14, 32, § 61.