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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

  • ὦ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δὲ γήμαντεσ ἀνόνητοι. οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδὲ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:9)
  • 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)
  • ἤδη γὰρ ᾔσθηντο πολλοὶ τὴν σύλληψιν, καὶ θόρυβοσ ἦν ἐπὶ ταῖσ θύραισ καὶ φῶτα πολλά, καὶ παρῆσαν ἥ τε μήτηρ τοῦ Ἄγιδοσ καὶ ἡ μάμμη βοῶσαι καὶ δεόμεναι τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν λόγου καὶ κρίσεωσ τυχεῖν ἐν τοῖσ πολίταισ. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 19 7:1)
  • δύ’ ὕδατοσ, ὦ μάμμη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 36 1:7)
  • ’Εἴπ’ ὦ μάμμη, ὅτ’ ὤδινεσ καὶ ἔτικτέσ με, τίσ ἡμέρα; (Theophrastus, Characters, 7:1)
  • υ τετρηκόσι’ ἐστὶν ἔχεισ δὲ σὺ τοὺσ ἐνιαυτοὺσ δὶσ τόσσουσ, τρυφερὴ Λαῒ κορωνεκάβη, Σισύφου ὦ μάμμη, καὶ Δευκαλίωνοσ ἀδελφή. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 671)

Synonyms

  1. mother's breast

  2. grandmother

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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