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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

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

  • ὁ δὲ Ἆγισ οὕτω πολὺ παρήλλαττεν εὐφυϊᾴ καὶ φρονήματι ψυχῆσ οὐ μόνον τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν ἅπαντασ ὅσοι μετ’ Ἀγησίλαον τὸν μέγαν ἐβασίλευσαν, ὥστε μηδέπω γεγονὼσ εἰκοστὸν ἔτοσ, ἐντεθραμμένοσ δὲ πλούτοισ καὶ τρυφαῖσ γυναικῶν, τῆσ τε μητρὸσ Ἀγησιστράτασ καὶ τῆσ μάμμησ Ἀρχιδαμίασ, αἳ πλεῖστα χρήματα Λακεδαιμονίων ἐκέκτηντο, πρόσ τε τὰσ ἡδονὰσ εὐθὺσ ἀπισχυρίσασθαι, καὶ τὸν ἐπιπρέψαι μάλιστα τῇ χάριτι τῆσ μορφῆσ ὡραϊσμὸν δοκοῦντα περισπάσασ τοῦ σώματοσ, καὶ πᾶσαν ἐκδὺσ καὶ διαφυγὼν πολυτέλειαν, ἐγκαλλωπίζεσθαι τῷ τριβωνίῳ, καὶ δεῖπνα καὶ λουτρὰ καὶ διαίτασ Λακωνικὰσ ζητεῖν, καὶ λέγειν ὡσ οὐδὲν δέοιτο τῆσ βασιλείασ, εἰ μὴ δι’ αὐτὴν ἀναλήψοιτο τοὺσ νόμουσ καὶ τὴν πάτριον ἀγωγήν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 4 1:1)
  • ὑπολαβὼν δ’ ὁ Λεύκιοσ ἔφη τῆσ μάμμησ ἀκηκοὼσ μνημονεύειν, ὡσ ἱερὸν μὲν ἡ τράπεζα, δεῖ δὲ τῶν ἱερῶν μηδὲν εἶναι κενόν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 14:1)
  • Μιθριδάτησ δὲ ἐσ μὲν Κῶ κατέπλευσε, Κῴων αὐτὸν ἀσμένωσ δεχομένων, καὶ τὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου παῖδα τοῦ βασιλεύοντοσ Αἰγύπτου, σὺν χρήμασι πολλοῖσ ὑπὸ τῆσ μάμμησ Κλεοπάτρασ ἐν Κῷ καταλελειμμένον, παραλαβὼν ἔτρεφε βασιλικῶσ, ἔκ τε τῶν Κλεοπάτρασ θησαυρῶν γάζαν πολλὴν καὶ τέχνην καὶ λίθουσ καὶ κόσμουσ γυναικείουσ καὶ χρήματα πολλὰ ἐσ τὸν Πόντον ἔπεμψεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. mother's breast

  2. grandmother

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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