a teat

teat, breast, nipple

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mămilla (incorrectly mamm-; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 36), ae, f. dim. [mamma], a breast, pap, nipple, teat.

Lit., Vell. 2, 70, 5; Juv. 6, 400:

laeva in parte mamillae Nil salit juveni,

id. 7, 159:

scrofa triginta clara mamillis,

id. 12, 74; 13, 163.—As a term of endearment, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47.—

Transf., a little pipe joined to a larger one, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2.

mamma, ae, f., = ma:mma, a breast, pap, esp. of females, rarely of males; also, a teat, dug of animals.

Lit.:

puero isti date mammam,

give him the breast, suckle him, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1; id. Trin. 5, 1, 16:

puer in gremio matris sedens, mammam appetens,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

ubera mammarum,

Lucr. 5, 885.—Of a man:

mammas homo solus e maribus habet,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232; Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Just. 12, 9 fin. —Of animals, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 18:

mammam sugere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20:

mammas praebere,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 234:

mamma sterilescit,

dries up, id. ib. —

Transf.

A protuberance on the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—

In the language of children, mother, mamma: cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 4; Mart. 1, 101, 1. —In inscrr., for mother, Inscr. Orell. 2769; 2813; for grandmother, Inscr. Mur. 1134, 3; for nurse, Inscr. Visc. Mus. Pio-Clem. t. 2, p. 82.

mammŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma], a little breast or teat.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 1.—

Transf., in the language of children, little mamma, mammy, Inscr. Orell. 4849; 4671; cf. mamma, II. B.

Mammŭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Cornelius Mammula,

Liv. 42, 6.

mammŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma], a little breast or teat.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 1.—

Transf., in the language of children, little mamma, mammy, Inscr. Orell. 4849; 4671; cf. mamma, II. B.

Mammŭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name:

M. Cornelius Mammula,

Liv. 42, 6.

păpilla, ae, f. dim. [papula], a nipple, teat, on the breast of human beings and of animals:

papillae capitula mammarum dictae, quod papularum sint similes,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 181:

delphinum,

id. 11, 40, 95, § 235:

uberis,

Col. 9, 11, 4; Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.—

Transf.

Poet., the breast:

nudantes rejectā veste papillas,

Cat. 66, 81:

hasta sub exsertam donec perlata papillam Haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 803:

tunc nuda papillis constitit auratis,

her breasts adorned with gold chains, Juv. 6, 122.—Of the male breast:

infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11; cf. Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 22; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 37.—

A pustule, pimple, Ser. Samm. 64, 1100; 10, 133.—

A rose-bud, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 14; 21.

ūber, ĕris, n. [Gr. outhar; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B], a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).

Sing., Lucr. 1, 887: lactantes ubere toto, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 Vahl.):

(vitula) binos alit ubere fetus,

Verg. E. 3, 30:

ut vix sustineant distentum cruribus uber,

Ov. M. 13, 826:

vituio ab ubere rapto,

id. F. 4, 459:

cum a nutricis ubere auferretur,

Suet. Tib. 6.—

Plur. (so most freq.):

saepe etiam nunc (puer) Ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret,

Lucr. 5, 885:

lactea,

Verg. G. 2, 524:

capreoli Bina die siccant ovis ubera,

id. E. 2, 42; cf.:

ad sua quisque fere decurrunt ubera lactis (agni),

Lucr. 2, 370:

lactis,

Tib. 1, 3, 46:

mammarum,

Gell. 12, 1, 7:

candens lacteus umor Uberibus manat distentis,

Lucr. 1, 259:

distenta,

Hor. Epod. 2, 46:

equina,

id. ib. 8, 8:

tenta,

id. ib. 16, 50: natos uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; cf.:

(Romulus) cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati,

Ov. M. 6, 342:

sua quemque mater uberibus alit,

Tac. G. 20.—

Transf.

Of the earth, the fruitful breast, etc.:

alma tellus annuā vice mortalibus distenta musto demittit ubera,

Col. 3, 21, 3: ubera campi, id. poët. 10, 90. —

A cluster or mass in the shape of an udder, of bees hanging from trees when swarming, Pall. Jun. 7, 6 and 9.—

Richness, fruitfulness, fertility:

quique frequens herbis et fertilis ubere campus,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

divitis agri,

id. A. 7, 262:

glebae,

id. ib. 1, 531:

in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus,

id. G. 2, 275; cf.:

pecorique et vitibus almis Aptius uber erit,

id. ib. 2, 234:

vitis,

Col. 4, 27, 5:

palmitis Etrusci,

Claud. B. G. 504.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi;

but ubere campo,

Col. 6, 27, 1), adj [1. uber; cf. ibid. II. C.], rich in something, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive (class.; syn.: ferax, fertilis, fecundus).

Lit.:

seges spicis uberibus et crebris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

messis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 23:

fruges,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 5: itaque res uber fuit, antequam vastassent regiones, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 647 P.:

Umbria me genuit terris fertilis uberibus,

Prop. 1, 22, 10; cf.:

in uberi agro,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

uber solum,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

(Neptunus) Piscatu novo me uberi compotivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

onus,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 64; cf. Col. 6, 27: bellum, productive in booty, Just. 38, 7, 9: gravis imber et uber. copious, Lucr. 6, 290:

guttae,

id. 1, 349:

aquae,

Ov. M. 3, 31:

aqua prolluens et uber,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 3:

rivi,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 10.— Comp.: agro bene culte nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie [p. 1923] ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

neque enim robustior aetas Ulla nec uberior (aestate),

Ov. M. 15, 208:

subtemen,

fuller, stouter, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20.— Sup.:

uberrimi laetissimique fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156.— With abl.:

arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis,

Ov. M. 4, 89:

(Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 3:

uberrimus quaestus,

the most profitable, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, exceedingly stout, plump, or fat, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.— With gen.:

regio cum aeris ac plumbi uberrima, tum et minio,

Just. 44, 3, 4: frugum, Att. ap. Non. 498, 6.— Absol.:

teneant uberrima Teucer Et Libys,

the most fruitful regions, Val. Fl. 1, 510.—

Trop., full, rich, copious, esp. of style and language:

hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor, a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 113:

theses ad excitationem dicendi mire speciosae atque uberes,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.— Comp.:

nullus feracior in eā (philosophiā) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

aut majore delectatione aut spe uberiore commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

quis uberior in dicendo Platone?

id. Brut. 31, 121:

uberiores litterae,

id. Att. 13, 50, 1:

Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior,

Tac. Or. 18:

haec Africanus Petreiusque pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

tuasque Ingenio laudes uberiore canunt,

Ov. Tr. 2, 74:

in juvenibus etiam uberiora paulo et paene periclitantia feruntur,

Quint. 11, 1, 32.— Sup.:

doctissimi homines ingeniis uberrimis adfluentes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (dub.;

bracketed by B. and K.): uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia,

full of, id. Pis. 40, 97:

uberrimae litterae,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

nec decet te ornatum uberrimis artibus,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat,

Tac. A. 3, 31 fin. —Hence, adv., used only in the comp. and sup.

Lit., more fruitfully, more fully, more copiously or plentifully:

uberius nulli provenit ista seges,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 12:

flere uberius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

mores mali quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrime,

most luxuriantly, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—

Trop., of style, etc., copiously, fully, Quint. 10, 3, 2:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

loqui (with planius),

id. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

dicere (with latius),

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11:

explicare (with latius),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

locus uberrime tractatus,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3.