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Strong's #3125 - μάμμη
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- mother (the name infants use in addressing their mother)
- grandmother
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μάμμ-η, ἡ,
I child's word for mother, ὦ μάμμη Pherecr. 70, cf. Men. Sam. 28; Σισύφου ὦ μ. AP 11.67 (Myrin.), cf. Epicur. Fr. 176.
II mother's breast, Arr. Epict. 2.16.43.
III later, grandmother, POxy. 1644.12 (i B. C.), Ph. 2.301, Plu. Agis 4, LXX 4 Maccabees 16:9, SIG 844 B 5 (Chaeronea, iii A. D.), etc.
μάμμη, μαμμης, ἡ,
1. in the earlier Greek writings mother (the name infants use in addressing their mother).
2. in the later writings ((Philo), Josephus, Plutarch, Appian, Herodian, Artemidorus Daldianus) equivalent to τήθη, grandmother (see Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 133-135 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 25)): 2 Timothy 1:5; 4 Macc. 16:9.
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** μάμμη , -ης , ἡ
(onomatop.),
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 16:9*;]
1. in cl., a child's name for mother.
2. In late Gk. (= cl., τήθη ), a grandmother: (LXX, l.c.), 2 Timothy 1:5.†
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For the later sense of ";grandmother,"; as in 2 Timothy 1:5 (cf. 4 Maccabees 16:9), cf. P Rein 49.14 (A.D. 215–6) (= Chrest. I. p. 243) μου μητρ [ὸς καὶ τῆ ]ς μάμμης Αὐ [ρ ]ηλία [ς. See also the letter addressed by Epicurus to a child Ex Vol. Hercui. 176.8 (iii/B.C.) (= Selections, p. 5) εὖ δὲ ποιε [ῖ ]ς καὶ σὺ ε [ἰ ὑ ]γιαίνεις καὶ ἡ μ [ά ]μμη [σ ]ου, ";it is well if you also and your grandmother are in good health,"; P Oxy XIV. 1644.12 (B.C. 63–62) Μοσχίωνος κατὰ μητέρα μάμμηι Ἀρσινόηι, ";Arsinoe maternal grandmother of Moschion,"; ib. III. 496.5 (A.D. 127) ἡ [τῆς ] γαμουμένης μάμμη, ";the grandmother of the bride,"; ib. I. 67.16 (A.D. 338) ἀπὸ δικέου (l. δικαίου) κληρ [ονομιῶ ]ν τῆς ἡμετέρας μάμμης, ";by right of inheritance from my grandmother,"; and from the inscrr. Syll 381 (= .3844 B).6 (ii/iiiA.D.) ἡ πρὸς μητρὸς μάμμη Καλλίκλε [ια κα ]ὶ οἱ γονεῖς κτλ. The adj. μαμμικός is common, e.g. P Rein 46.19 (A.D. 189) ὑπάρχει τε αὐτοῖς τὸ ἐπιβάλλο [ν ] μέρος οἰκ (ίας) καὶ αὐλ (ῆς) πατρικὸν καὶ μα ̣μ ̣μ ̣ικόν, ";elles possèdent la part qui leur revient, dans la succession de leur père et de leur aïeule, d’une maison et d’une cour"; (Ed.), and for the form μαμμῷος (not in LS) see BGU I. 19i. 7 (A.D. 135) where τὰ μαμμικά is corrected into τὰ μαμμῷα, ";the grandmother’s property"; : cf..15 al.. MGr μαμμή, ";midwife.";
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