noun · masculinethird declension
lactis
lactis m or f (genitive lactis)
Classical[ˈɫak.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlak.tis]
Meaning
- Late Latinfemininemasculinemilk
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lactis | lactēs |
| genitive | lactis | lactium |
| dative | lactī | lactibus |
| accusative | lactem | lactēs lactīs |
| ablative | lacte | lactibus |
| vocative | lactis | lactēs |
lactis, is, v. lactes.
Origins
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.
Occitano-Romance
- Occitanlach
- Occitanlait
- Catalanllet
- Aragoneseleit
Insular Romance
- Sardinianlatte
- Sardinianlatti
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseleitefrom Old Galician-Portuguese leite
- Spanishlechefrom Old Spanish leche
- Asturianlleche
- Asturianllechi
- Asturianlleite
- Asturianḷḷeite
- Asturianḷḷeitse
- Asturianlleiche
- Asturianlleichi
- Asturianḷḷeiche
Balkan Romance
- Romanianlapte
- Aromanianlapti
- Aromanianlapte
- Istro-Romanianlåpte
- Megleno-Romanianlapti
Italo-Romance
- Italianlatte
- Neapolitanlatte
- Sicilianlatti
North Italian
- Emilianlât
- Ligurianlætefrom Old Ligurian laite
- Lombardlaitfrom Old Lombard lag
- Piedmonteselàitfrom Old Piedmontese lait
- Piedmonteselaccfrom Old Piedmontese lait
- Romagnollat
- Friulianlat
- Romanshlatg
- Romanshlat
- Venetanlat
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençallat
- Old Frenchlait
Borrowings
- Old Irishlacht
- Proto-Brythonic*llaɨθ