mammula

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

mammŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma], a little breast or teat.

I Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 1.—

II Transf., in the language of children, little mamma, mammy , Inscr. Orell. 4849; 4671; cf. mamma, II. B.

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