mammas

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.

ex-stinguo ( ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43.—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193;

and exstinxem,

Verg. A. 4, 606), v. a., to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

recens exstinctum lumen,

Lucr. 6, 791:

exstincta lumina,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

faces,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

lucernam,

id. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf.:

senes mori sic videntur ut sua sponte nulla adhibita vi consumptus ignis exstinguitur,

goes out, Cic. de Sen. 19, 71:

ignem,

Ov. F. 2, 712:

incendium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

sol exstinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 22: exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calx exstincta,

i. e. slaked, Vitr. 2, 5.—

Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy:

animam alicui,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

nolite, hunc jam natura ipsa occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf. id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

juvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit,

Liv. 8, 3, 7:

vir egregius exstinctus,

cut off, Cic. Brut. 1, 1; id. Rep. 6, 14; Verg. E. 5, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 14; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25; Tac. A. 3, 7 et saep.:

rapitur miser exstinguendus Messalinae oculis,

Juv. 10, 332:

vel modico tepore sucus exstinguitur,

i. e. is dried up, Curt. 6, 4, 11:

mammas,

Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67:

odorem alii,

to destroy, id. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

venena,

to render powerless, id. 20, 17, 69, § 179: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, to consume, get rid of, an old prophecy in Liv. 5, 16, 9.—

Trop., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul (syn.: tollo, deleo, opprimo, diruo, everto, demolior, destruo;

opp. inflammo): tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur atque tolluntur,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5:

ea, quae antea scripserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

improbitas exstinguenda atque delenda est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26:

potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36;

but also distinguished from opprimere: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

extinct, id. Lael. 21, 78:

ad sensus animorum atque motus vel inflammandos vel etiam exstinguendos,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

sermo omnis ille oblivione posteritatis extinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 23 fin.; cf.:

exstinctis rumoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.:

ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

nomen populi Romani,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

superiorem gloriam rei militaris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

memoriam publicam,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

gratiam,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

familiaritates,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

invidiam,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

infamiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168: causam nascentem dissensionis, Matius in Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

consuetudinem,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

reliquias belli,

id. Fam. 10, 25, 1:

bellum civile,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:

jus pignoris,

Dig. 20, 1, 9; cf.

fideicommissum,

ib. 32, 1, 11:

actionem,

ib. 47, 2, 42 al.

ex-stinguo ( ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43.—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193;

and exstinxem,

Verg. A. 4, 606), v. a., to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

recens exstinctum lumen,

Lucr. 6, 791:

exstincta lumina,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

faces,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

lucernam,

id. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf.:

senes mori sic videntur ut sua sponte nulla adhibita vi consumptus ignis exstinguitur,

goes out, Cic. de Sen. 19, 71:

ignem,

Ov. F. 2, 712:

incendium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

sol exstinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 22: exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calx exstincta,

i. e. slaked, Vitr. 2, 5.—

Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy:

animam alicui,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

nolite, hunc jam natura ipsa occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf. id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

juvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit,

Liv. 8, 3, 7:

vir egregius exstinctus,

cut off, Cic. Brut. 1, 1; id. Rep. 6, 14; Verg. E. 5, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 14; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25; Tac. A. 3, 7 et saep.:

rapitur miser exstinguendus Messalinae oculis,

Juv. 10, 332:

vel modico tepore sucus exstinguitur,

i. e. is dried up, Curt. 6, 4, 11:

mammas,

Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67:

odorem alii,

to destroy, id. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

venena,

to render powerless, id. 20, 17, 69, § 179: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, to consume, get rid of, an old prophecy in Liv. 5, 16, 9.—

Trop., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul (syn.: tollo, deleo, opprimo, diruo, everto, demolior, destruo;

opp. inflammo): tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur atque tolluntur,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5:

ea, quae antea scripserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

improbitas exstinguenda atque delenda est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26:

potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36;

but also distinguished from opprimere: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

extinct, id. Lael. 21, 78:

ad sensus animorum atque motus vel inflammandos vel etiam exstinguendos,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

sermo omnis ille oblivione posteritatis extinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 23 fin.; cf.:

exstinctis rumoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.:

ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

nomen populi Romani,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

superiorem gloriam rei militaris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

memoriam publicam,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

gratiam,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

familiaritates,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

invidiam,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

infamiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168: causam nascentem dissensionis, Matius in Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

consuetudinem,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

reliquias belli,

id. Fam. 10, 25, 1:

bellum civile,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:

jus pignoris,

Dig. 20, 1, 9; cf.

fideicommissum,

ib. 32, 1, 11:

actionem,

ib. 47, 2, 42 al.

sătŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [satur], to fill, glut, cloy, satiate (rare but class.; syn. satio).

Lit.:

animalia duce naturā mammas appetunt earumque ubertate saturantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

armenta,

Verg. A. 8, 213:

nec cytiso saturantur apes,

id. E. 10, 30:

caede leones,

Ov. M. 10, 541; id. Am. 2, 16, 25:

testudines,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36:

saturabat glebula talis Patrem ipsum,

Juv. 14, 166:

famem,

i. e. to satisfy, appease, Claud. Phoen. 13; Vulg. Deut. 14, 29 et saep. —

Transf., in gen., to fill, furnish abundantly, saturate with a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

nec saturare fimo pingui pudeat sola,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

novalia stercore,

Col. 2, 9, 15:

betam multo stercore,

Pall. Febr. 24, 10:

jejunia terrae fimo, Col. poët. 10, 82: culta aquis,

i. e. to water, irrigate, Mart. 8, 28, 4; cf.: pallam Tyrio murice, to saturate, to dye or color richly, Ov. M. 11, 166; Mart. 8, 48, 5; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 208:

capillum multo amomo,

to anoint, Stat. S. 3, 4, 82:

tabulas pice,

to smear, cover, Vitr. 10, 11 fin.; cf.:

aditus murium querno cinere,

Pall. 1, 35, 11:

horrea,

to fill, stuff, Lucil. Aetn. 266.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, satisfy, content, sate:

mens erecta saturataque bonarum cogitationum epulis,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61:

homines saturati honoribus,

id. Planc. 8, 20:

ex eorum agris atque urbibus expleti atque saturati cum hoc cumulo quaestus decederent,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100:

saturavi perfidiam et scelus proditorum,

id. Dom. 17, 44; Cat. 64, 220:

saturavit se sanguine civium,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

crudelitatem,

to satisfy, sate, id. Vatin. 3, 6.—In a Gr. construction: Juno necdum antiquum saturata dolorem, not yet satisfied or assuaged, Verg. A. 5, 608.—

In partic., subject. (for the usu. satio), to cause to loathe, to make weary of or disgusted with a thing: hae res vitae me saturant, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 18.—Hence, sătŭ-rātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.); of color, full, rich:

color saturatior,

Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.

mamas, mammas, mothers

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