lactis
Latin
Etymology 1
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.[1]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lactis | lactēs |
| Genitive | lactis | lactium |
| Dative | lactī | lactibus |
| Accusative | lactem | lactēs lactīs |
| Ablative | lacte | lactibus |
| Vocative | lactis | lactēs |
Descendants
References
- Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 429–30
References
- “lactis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lactis 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)
- lactis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈlakt-e/ s.n.”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française, retrieved 5 October 2023.
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