mammo

See also: mammo-

English

Noun

mammo (plural mammos)

  1. (informal) Clipping of mammogram.
    • 1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:
      One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

mammō

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmam.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ammo
  • Hyphenation: màm‧mo

Noun

mammo m (plural mammi)

  1. (informal) a man who has the role of a mother

Latin

Etymology

mamma (“breast”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

Verb

mammō (present infinitive mammāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (Late Latin) to suckle (a baby)

Conjugation

Only attested in the present participle mammāns, but the existence of the verb is clear from the Romance descendants.

   Conjugation of mammō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mammō mammās mammat mammāmus mammātis mammant
imperfect mammābam mammābās mammābat mammābāmus mammābātis mammābant
future mammābō mammābis mammābit mammābimus mammābitis mammābunt
passive present mammor mammāris,
mammāre		 mammātur mammāmur mammāminī mammantur
imperfect mammābar mammābāris,
mammābāre		 mammābātur mammābāmur mammābāminī mammābantur
future mammābor mammāberis,
mammābere		 mammābitur mammābimur mammābiminī mammābuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mammem mammēs mammet mammēmus mammētis mamment
imperfect mammārem mammārēs mammāret mammārēmus mammārētis mammārent
passive present mammer mammēris,
mammēre		 mammētur mammēmur mammēminī mammentur
imperfect mammārer mammārēris,
mammārēre		 mammārētur mammārēmur mammārēminī mammārentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mammā — — mammāte —
future — mammātō mammātō — mammātōte mammantō
passive present — mammāre — — mammāminī —
future — mammātor mammātor — — mammantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mammāre — — mammārī — —
participles mammāns — — — — mammandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mammandī mammandō mammandum mammandō — —

Descendants
  • Catalan: mamar
  • Galician: mamar
  • Italian: mammare
  • Portuguese: mamar
  • Spanish: mamar

References
  • “mammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mammo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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