teat
teat
subs.
Ar. and P. τιτθός, ὁ, Ar. τιτθίον, τό, P. θηλή, ἡ.
Breast: P. and V. μαστός, ὁ (Xen.), V. οὖθαρ, τό.
subs.
Ar. and P. τιτθός, ὁ, Ar. τιτθίον, τό, P. θηλή, ἡ.
Breast: P. and V. μαστός, ὁ (Xen.), V. οὖθαρ, τό.
TEAT
papilla.
papilla.
teat:
1. mamma: to give the t., dare m., Pl. Truc. 2, 5, 1: seeking after the t., m. appetens, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: whales nourish their young with their t.s, balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus, Plin. 11, 40, 95.
2. mămilla (dimin. of preced.: also in the form mammula, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2): a sow famed for her thirty t.s, scrofa trigintis clara m., . 12, 74: Vell. 2, 70, ad fin.
3. papilla: said of the dolphin, Plin. 11, 40, 95: like the t. of the breast, velut p. uberis, Col. 9, 11, 4.
4. rumis, is: an old word found in Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: Plin. [N.B.--ūber always denotes the swelling breast or udder, whence such expr. as ubera mammarum (the breasts with their t.s), Lucr. 5, 882: v.BREAST : to give the t. (or breast), ubera offerre, praebere, Just. 44, 4; 1, 4.]
1. mamma: to give the t., dare m., Pl. Truc. 2, 5, 1: seeking after the t., m. appetens, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: whales nourish their young with their t.s, balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus, Plin. 11, 40, 95.
2. mămilla (dimin. of preced.: also in the form mammula, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2): a sow famed for her thirty t.s, scrofa trigintis clara m., . 12, 74: Vell. 2, 70, ad fin.
3. papilla: said of the dolphin, Plin. 11, 40, 95: like the t. of the breast, velut p. uberis, Col. 9, 11, 4.
4. rumis, is: an old word found in Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: Plin. [N.B.--ūber always denotes the swelling breast or udder, whence such expr. as ubera mammarum (the breasts with their t.s), Lucr. 5, 882: v.