μάμμη

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Menander, Monostichoi, 169
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Full diacritics: μάμμη Medium diacritics: μάμμη Low diacritics: μάμμη Capitals: ΜΑΜΜΗ
Transliteration A: mámmē Transliteration B: mammē Transliteration C: mammi Beta Code: ma/mmh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, child's word for

   A mother, ὦ μάμμη Pherecr.70, cf. Men. Sam.28; Σισύφου ὦ μ. AP11.67 (Myrin.), cf. Epicur.Fr.176.    II mother's breast, Arr.Epict.2.16.43.    III later, grandmother, POxy.1644.12 (i B. C.), Ph.2.301, Plu.Agis4, LXX 4 Ma.16.9, SIG 844 B 5 (Chaeronea, iii A. D.), etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 91] ἡ, = μάμμα.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μάμμη: ἡ, (ὡσαύτως μάμμα, Πολυδ. Γ΄, 17, Μοῖρ.· μαμμαία, Εὐστ. 971. 36)· - κυρίως, ὡς τὰ Ἀγγλ. mamma, mammy, καὶ ὅμοιαι λέξεις ἐν πάσῃ γλώσσῃ, ἀπόπειρα τοῦ παιδίου ὅπως εἴπῃ τὴν λέξιν μῆτερ, ὦ μάμμη Φερεκρ. ἐν «Κοριανν.» 4· Σισύφου ὦ μάμμη Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 67· - οὕτω ἄππα, ἄττα, πάππας, τάτα, τέττα, papa, ἀντὶ πάτερ· - πρβλ. μαμμάω. ΙΙ. ὡς τὸ Λατ. mamma, ὁ τῆς μητρὸς μαστός, Schweigh. εἰς Ἀρρ. Ἐπίκτ. 2. 16, 43. ΙΙΙ. ἀκολούθως, ἡ μάμμη, «κυροῦλα», «γιαγ~ιά», ἡ προμήτωρ, Πλουτ. Ἀγησ. 4., 2. 704Β, Ἑβδ. (Δ΄ Μακκ. Ιϛʹ, 9)· πρβλ. Piers. εἰς Μοῖρ. 259.

French (Bailly abrégé)

mieux que μάμμα;
ης (ἡ) :
grand-mère.
Étymologie: DELG mot enfantin apparenté à μᾶ, μαῖα, μαστός.

English (Strong)

of natural origin ("mammy"); a grandmother: grandmother.

English (Thayer)

μαμμης, ἡ,
1. in the earlier Greek writings mother (the name infants use in addressing their mother).
2. in the later writings (Philo), Josephus, Plutarch, Appian, Herodian, Artemidorus Daldianus) equivalent to τήθη, grandmother (see Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 133-135 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 25)): 4 Maccabees 16:9.