mamilla: Difference between revisions
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mămilla: (incorrectly mamm-; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 36), ae, f.
dim. mamma,
I a breast, pap, nipple, teat.
I Lit., Vell. 2, 70, 5; Juv. 6, 400: laeva in parte mamillae Nil salit juveni, id. 7, 159: scrofa triginta clara mamillis, id. 12, 74; 13, 163.—As a term of endearment, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47.—
II Transf., a little pipe joined to a larger one, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2.
