LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mammātus

mammātus (feminine mammāta, neuter mammātum)

Meaning

  1. adjectivelike mammalian breasts
  2. adjectivefurnished with nipples, bumps, bulges or little pipes
    ad balineas mammatis23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, 35 159
    deinde insuper erectae mammatae tegulae ab imo ad summum ad parietem figantur, quarum interiores partes curiosius picentur, ut ab se respuant liquorem; item in imo et in summo supra camaram habeant spiramenta.Over them tegulae mammatae are fixed upright, from the bottom to the top of the wall; and the inner surfaces of these are to be carefully pitched over, that they may resist the moisture; they are, moreover, to have air-holes at bottom, and at top above the vault. —Tony Rook, Roman Building Techniquesc. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.4.2.7

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemammātusmammātamammātum
genitivemammātīmammātaemammātī
dativemammātōmammātaemammātō
accusativemammātummammātammammātum
ablativemammātōmammātāmammātō
vocativemammātemammātamammātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemammātīmammātaemammāta
genitivemammātōrummammātārummammātōrum
dativemammātīsmammātīsmammātīs
accusativemammātōsmammātāsmammāta
ablativemammātīsmammātīsmammātīs
vocativemammātīmammātaemammāta

mammātus, a, um, adj. mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.,
I. furnished with little pipes (post-Aug.), Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159, v. Sillig. ad h. l.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin mammātus From mamma (“breast, udder, teat”) + -ātus (“-ed, -like”).

Descendants
  • Englishmammatus cloud
  • Frenchnuage mammatus

Quick answers

What does mammātus mean in Latin?
mammātus, a adjective, means “like mammalian breasts; furnished with nipples, bumps, bulges or little pipes”.