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lactis.

milk

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫak.tɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis][ˈɫak.tiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis]

  1. milk

    Late-Latin · declension-3 · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Classical lac n, from earlier lact, reformed based on the oblique stem lact-. Uncertain etymology; see lac (“milk”). The accusative lactem is attested as early as Petronius (where it is a satirized 'vulgar' form), and the nominative lactis is found in late antiquity.

noun[ˈɫak.tɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis][ˈɫak.tiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis]

  1. genitive singular of lac, lact, and lacte

    Late-Latin · form-of · genitive · neuter · singular
Where this word comes from

From Classical lac n, from earlier lact, reformed based on the oblique stem lact-. Uncertain etymology; see lac (“milk”). The accusative lactem is attested as early as Petronius (where it is a satirized 'vulgar' form), and the nominative lactis is found in late antiquity.

noun[ˈɫak.tɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis][ˈɫak.tiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈlak.tis]

  1. accusative plural of lactēs

    Late-Latin · accusative · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

From Classical lac n, from earlier lact, reformed based on the oblique stem lact-. Uncertain etymology; see lac (“milk”). The accusative lactem is attested as early as Petronius (where it is a satirized 'vulgar' form), and the nominative lactis is found in late antiquity.

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