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μάμμη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάμμη

Structure: μαμμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. mamma, mammy
  2. mother's breast
  3. (later) grandmother

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μάμμη μάμμᾱ μάμμαι
Genitive μάμμης μάμμαιν μαμμῶν
Dative μάμμῃ μάμμαιν μάμμαις
Accusative μάμμην μάμμᾱ μάμμᾱς
Vocative μάμμη μάμμᾱ μάμμαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ ἴδια τηρεῖν, τῶν ἀλλοτρίων μὴ ἀντιποιεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ διδομένοισ μὲν χρῆσθαι, μὴ διδόμενα δὲ μὴ ποθεῖν, ἀφαιρουμένου δέ τινοσ ἀποδιδόναι εὐλύτωσ καὶ αὐτόθεν, χάριν εἰδότα οὗ ἐχρήσατο χρόνου, εἰ θέλεισ μὴ κλάειν τὴν τιτθὴν καὶ μάμμην. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 28:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐν βοὸσ κοιλίᾳ καθήμενοσ ἐκδέχου σου τὴν μάμμην, μέχρισ σε χορτάσῃ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 44:1)
  • πρὸσ ταῦτα ὑπὸ θεῶν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην εἰσηγμένοσ καὶ ἤδη τῶν ἀνδρὸσ ἔργων ὀφείλων ἅπτεσθαι τιτθὰσ ἐπιποθεῖσ καὶ μάμμην καὶ κάμπτει σε καὶ ἀποθηλύνει κλαίοντα γύναια μωρά; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 53:1)

Synonyms

  1. mother's breast

  2. grandmother

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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