mammatus
French
Latin
Adjective
mammātus (feminine mammāta, neuter mammātum); first/second-declension adjective
- like mammalian breasts
- furnished with nipples, bumps, bulges or little pipes
- c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.4.2.7:
- deinde insuper erectae mammatae tegulae ab imo ad summum ad parietem figantur, quarum interiores partes curiosius picentur, ut ab se respuant liquorem; item in imo et in summo supra camaram habeant spiramenta.
- Over them tegulae mammatae are fixed upright, from the bottom to the top of the wall; and the inner surfaces of these are to be carefully pitched over, that they may resist the moisture; they are, moreover, to have air-holes at bottom, and at top above the vault. —Tony Rook, Roman Building Techniques
- deinde insuper erectae mammatae tegulae ab imo ad summum ad parietem figantur, quarum interiores partes curiosius picentur, ut ab se respuant liquorem; item in imo et in summo supra camaram habeant spiramenta.
Usage notes
"Tegula mammata" was a Roman architectural term referring to a type of tile that had conical projections or bosses on the wall-facing side, thus creating a hollow space underneath when installed.[1] This void was used in wall heating systems to circulate hot air.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mammātus | mammāta | mammātum | mammātī | mammātae | mammāta | |
Genitive | mammātī | mammātae | mammātī | mammātōrum | mammātārum | mammātōrum | |
Dative | mammātō | mammātō | mammātīs | ||||
Accusative | mammātum | mammātam | mammātum | mammātōs | mammātās | mammāta | |
Ablative | mammātō | mammātā | mammātō | mammātīs | |||
Vocative | mammāte | mammāta | mammātum | mammātī | mammātae | mammāta |
Descendants
- English: mammatus cloud
- French: nuage mammatus
References
- "Heating the Stabian Baths at Pompeii", Ismini Miliaresis, in A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. Dobbins, edited by Dylan K. Rogers and Claire J. Weiss, 89.
Further reading
- “mammatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mammatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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