What does lacteus mean in Latin?

lacteus, a adjective, means “milky (of or pertaining to milk); full of milk; milk-drinking”.

How do you pronounce lacteus?

In classical Latin, [ˈɫak.te.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlak.te.us].

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lacteus lacteolus	lactea lacteola	lacteum lacteolum
genitive	lacteī lacteolī	lacteae lacteolae	lacteī lacteolī
dative	lacteō lacteolō	lacteae lacteolae	lacteō lacteolō
accusative	lacteum lacteolum	lacteam lacteolam	lacteum lacteolum
ablative	lacteō lacteolō	lacteā lacteolā	lacteō lacteolō
vocative	lactee lacteole	lactea lacteola	lacteum lacteolum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lacteī lacteolī	lacteae lacteolae	lactea lacteola
genitive	lacteōrum lacteolōrum	lacteārum lacteolārum	lacteōrum lacteolōrum
dative	lacteīs lacteolīs	lacteīs lacteolīs	lacteīs lacteolīs
accusative	lacteōs lacteolōs	lacteās lacteolās	lactea lacteola
ablative	lacteīs lacteolīs	lacteīs lacteolīs	lacteīs lacteolīs
vocative	lacteī lacteolī	lacteae lacteolae	lactea lacteola

lactĕus, a, um, adj. lac.

I. Of milk, milky; full of milk (mostly poet.).

A. Lit.: umor, Ov. M. 15, 79: ubera, Verg. G. 2, 525.—

B. In partic., milk-drinking, sucking: vernae, Mart. 3, 58, 22: porcus, id. 3, 47, 12.—

II. Transf., milk-white, milkcolored, milky: colla, Verg. A. 8, 660: cervix, id. ib. 10, 137: gemma, Mart. 8, 45, 2: circulus, the Gr. γαλαξίας κύκλος, the Milky Way, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16; also, via, Ov. M. 1, 168.—

B. Illa Livi lactea ubertas, pure, Quint. 10, 1, 32.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin lacteus From lac (“milk”) + -eus.

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