lactes

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See also: lactés

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g-, the same root of Latin langueō and laxus.

Noun

lactēs f pl (genitive lactium); third declension

  1. (anatomy) The intestines, especially the smaller intestines
  2. chitterlings
  3. milt
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative lactēs
genitive lactium
dative lactibus
accusative lactēs
lactīs
ablative lactibus
vocative lactēs

Etymology 2

Verb

lactēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lactō

References

  • lactes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lactes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

lactes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of lactar

Spanish

Verb

lactes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of lactar