μαμμόθρεπτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάμμη (mámmē, “grandmother”) + θρεπτός (threptós) verbal adjective from τρέφω (tréphō, “to bring up”).

Adjective

μαμμόθρεπτος • (mammóthreptos)

brought up by one's grandmother

Descendants

Latin: mammothreptus
- English: mammothrept

References

“μαμμόθρεπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μαμμόθρεπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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