lacteus

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Latin

Etymology

From lac (“milk”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lacteus (feminine lactea, neuter lacteum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to milk; milky.
  2. (poetic) Full of milk.
  3. Milk-drinking, suckling.
  4. Milk-white.
  5. (figuratively) Pure.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lacteus lactea lacteum lacteī lacteae lactea
genitive lacteī lacteae lacteī lacteōrum lacteārum lacteōrum
dative lacteō lacteae lacteō lacteīs
accusative lacteum lacteam lacteum lacteōs lacteās lactea
ablative lacteō lacteā lacteō lacteīs
vocative lactee lactea lacteum lacteī lacteae lactea

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: lazzo
  • ⇒ French: laceron
  • → Catalan: lacti
  • → French: lacté
  • → Italian: latteo
  • → Spanish: lácteo

References

  • “lacteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lacteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the milky way: orbis lacteus
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