English → Latin
“milk” in Latin
lacmilk; for something sweet, pleasant; milky juicelacteusmilky (of or pertaining to milk); full of milk; milk-drinking; sucklingbubulcusherdsman, ox-driver, cowherd; ploughman; rusticlactēscōto turn to milk; to have milk for suckling; to become capable of giving suckmulgeōto milk, extractcaprashe-goat, nanny goat (a female goat); the odor of armpitsovissheep
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
milk s.
lac. Of milk = made of milk, like milk, lacteus: cows’ milk, lac vaccinum, bubulcum: goats’ milk, lac caprinum: new milk, lac recens: curdled milk, lac concretum: sour milk, oxygala: the milk curdles, lac coit (general term): lac coagulatur (by means of rennet): the milk becomes thick, lac spissatur: to turn to or become milk, lactescere: bread and milk, opus lactarium (Lamprid.): cibus e lacte confectus (Jan.).
milk v.
mulgere (e.g., capras, oves); also absolutely, mulgere: ubera siccare (Hor.); ubera pressare palmis (Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for milk?
- The usual Latin words for “milk” are lac, lacteus, bubulcus; also lactēscō, mulgeō, capra. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.