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Latin
Etymology
See lac (“milk”); lact is the most ancient form of this word in Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
lact n (genitive lactis); third declension
- Alternative form of lac
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.
References
- “lac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lact in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.