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Māmercīnus, i, m., of or belonging to a Mamercus, Mamercine, a Roman surname, e. g. L. Aemilius Mamercinus, Liv. 7, 1.

Māmercus, i, m. [Mamers for Mars],

  1. I. an Oscan prænomen: Mamercus praenomen Oscum est, ab eo, quod hi Martem Mamertem appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 130 Müll.
  2. II. A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, who claimed Numa as their ancestor: ridere Mamercorum alapas, Juv. 8, 192.
    Esp.: M. Aemilius Mamercus, Cic. Brut. 47, 175.

Māmers, mertis, m., the Oscan name for Mars: Mamers Mamertis facit, id est lingua Osca Mars Martis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131 Müll.; cf. id. s. v. Mamertini, p. 158 ib. The Sabines also gave to Mars the name of Mamers, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.
Hence,

  1. A. Māmertīni, ōrum, m., the Mamertines.
    After the death of Agathocles of Syracuse, B. C. 289, the mercenary troops which he had collected from Umbria seized the city of Messana in Sicily, murdered the inhabitants, and made themselves masters of the vicinity. They called themselves Mamertines, from Mamers, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; id. Balb. 23, 52; Liv. 21, 22; 28, 28, 6.
  2. B. Māmertīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mamertines, Mamertine: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; 2, 3, 6, § 13; 2, 4, 10, § 22: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 66: amphora, Mart. 13, 117.

1. Māmertīnus, i, m., Claudius M., consul, A. D. 362, under Julian, to whom he wrote a letter, which is still extant, thanking him for his promotion to this dignity.

2. Māmertīnus, a, um, adj., v. Mamers.

Mămilĭus, a [root mar-, the shining, splendid one; cf. marmor],

  1. I. name of a Roman gens.
      1. 1. Octavius Mamilius, a prince of Tusculum, Liv. 1, 50.
      2. 2. C. Mamilius Limetanus, a tribune of the people, Sall. J. 40, 1.
      3. 3. C. Mamilius Vitulus, a prætor, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123; Sall. J. 40.
      4. 4. L. Mamilius Tusculanus, Liv. 3, 29.
        Hence,
  2. II. Mămilĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mamilius, Mamilian: rogatio, of the tribune Mamilius, Cic. Brut. 33, 127; Sall. J. 40, 4: lex, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. Leg. 1, 21, 55; Sall. J. 65, 5: turris, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131; v. Müll. ad loc.

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

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

* mămillānus, a, um, adj. [mamilla, having breasts; hence, transf.], full, swelling, protuberant: ficus, Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 69.

mămillāre, is, n. [mamilla, having breasts; hence, transf.], a breast-cloth, stomacher, Mart. 14, 66 in lemm.

mămillāris, e, adj., of or in the breast: tumores, Dyn. 2, 96.

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

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A protuberance on the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118.
    2. B. 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.

Mammaea, ae, f.,

  1. I. the mother of the emperor Alexander Severus, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 3, 1.
    Hence,
  2. II. Mammaeānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mammæa, Mammæan, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 57, 7.

mammālis, e, adj. [mamma], of or for the breasts (post-class.): herba, good for diseases of the breasts, App. Herb. 26.

mammātus, a, um, adj. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], furnished with little pipes (post-Aug.), Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159, v. Sillig. ad h. l.

* mammĕātus, a, um, adj. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], for mammosus, having large breasts, largebreasted, full-breasted (Plautin.): amica Plin. Poen. 1, 2, 181; cf. Non. 137, 20.

mammĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [mamma, having breasts; hence, transf.], a little breast, i. e. a man’s breast: ubi mamma mammicula opprimitur, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 17.

mammilla, v. mamilla.

mammo, āre, 1, v. n. [mamma], to give suck (late Lat.): vae tunc praegnantibus et mammantibus, S. S. Marc. 13, 17, ap. Aug. in Psa. 95, 14.

† mammōnas, or mammōna, ae, or mammon, nos, m., = μαμμωνᾶς [properly, Syr. [??]], riches, mammon: non potestis servire Deo et Mammonae, Vulg. Matt. 6, 24; id. Luc. 16, 9; Aug. Serm. Domin. 2, 14: mammona iniquitatis prodere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10, 3.

mammōnĕus, a, um, adj. [mammonas], greedy of gain, self-interested (eccl. Lat.): fides, Prud. Ham. 429.

mammōsus, a, um, adj. [mamma], having large breasts, full-breasted.

  1. I. Lit.: non mammosa, non annosa, non<*> bibosa, Laber. ap. Gell. 3, 12.
    Of animals: canes feminae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 5.
  2. II. Transf., full, protuberant: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: genus panici, id. 18, 7, 10, § 54: tus, cluster-shaped, in which one drop adheres to the other, id. 12, 14, 32, § 61.

† mammothreptus, i, m., = μαμμόθρεπτος, nourished by a nurse, Aug. in Psa. Conc. 30.

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

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 1.
  2. II. Transf., in the language of children, little mamma, mammy, Inscr. Orell. 4849; 4671; cf. mamma, II. B.

2. Mammŭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: M. Cornelius Mammula, Liv. 42, 6.

†† mamphūla, ae, f., a kind of Syrian bread: mamphula appellatur panis Syriaci genus, quod, ut ait Venius, in clibano, antequam percoquatur, decidit in carbones cineremque, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.

‡ mamphur, appellatur loro circumvolutum mediocris longitudinis lignum rotundum, quod circumagunt fabri in operibus tornandis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 132 Müll., a bow-drill [acc. to Scalig. mutilated from μαννοφόρον, wearing a collar].

Māmū̆rĭus, ii, m., in full, Mamurius Veturius, the maker of the ancilia; v. ancile, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131 Müll.; Ov. F. 3, 391; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 61 (where Müll. Mamurri).
Varro explains in an entirely different manner the expression, Mamuri Veturi, which he considers an appellative, signifying memoriam veterem, Varr. L. L. 6, § 45 Müll.

Māmurra, ae, m., a Roman knight of Formiæ, praefectus fabrūm in Gaul under Cæsar, who was the first in Rome to cover the walls of his house on the Mons Cœlius with marble, and had none but marble columns in his house, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6; 13, 52, 1; Suet. Caes. 73; Cat. 29, 3: Mamurrarum urbs, i. e. Formiæ, Hor. S. 1, 5, 37.

†† manzer (mamzer), ĕris, adj. comm. [Heb. [??]], illegitimate, bastard (eccl. Lat.), Sedul. Carm. 5, 256: agmina manzera, Ven. Carm. 5, 5, 75.
As subst.: manzer, ĕris, m., a bastard: non ingredietur manzer, hoc est de scorto natus, in Ecclesiam Domini, Vulg. Deut. 23, 2.