lactans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of lactō.

Participle

lactāns (genitive lactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. suckling, milking
  2. flattering, deceiving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative lactāns lactantēs lactantia
genitive lactantis lactantium
dative lactantī lactantibus
accusative lactantem lactāns lactantēs
lactantīs 		lactantia
ablative lactante
lactantī1 		lactantibus
vocative lactāns lactantēs lactantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “lactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lactans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lactans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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