adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mammeātus
mammeātus (feminine mammeāta, neuter mammeātum)
Classical[mam.meˈaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[mam.meˈaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivelarge-breasted, full-breasted
huius amica mammeata, mea inimica et malevola 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley.
The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.186
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mammeātus | mammeāta | mammeātum |
| genitive | mammeātī | mammeātae | mammeātī |
| dative | mammeātō | mammeātae | mammeātō |
| accusative | mammeātum | mammeātam | mammeātum |
| ablative | mammeātō | mammeātā | mammeātō |
| vocative | mammeāte | mammeāta | mammeātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mammeātī | mammeātae | mammeāta |
| genitive | mammeātōrum | mammeātārum | mammeātōrum |
| dative | mammeātīs | mammeātīs | mammeātīs |
| accusative | mammeātōs | mammeātās | mammeāta |
| ablative | mammeātīs | mammeātīs | mammeātīs |
| vocative | mammeātī | mammeātae | mammeāta |
mammĕātus, a, um, adj. id., for mammosus,
I. having large breasts, largebreasted, full-breasted (Plautin.): amica Plin. Poen. 1, 2, 181; cf. Non. 137, 20.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin mammeātus From mamma (“breast”) + -ātus.