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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
- (anatomy) The intestines, especially the smaller intestines
- chitterlings
- milt
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Etymology 2
Verb
lactēs
- 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
- second-person singular present subjunctive of lactar
Spanish
Verb
lactes
- second-person singular present subjunctive of lactar