lactans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of lactō.

Participle

lactāns (genitive lactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. suckling, milking
2. flattering, deceiving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	lactāns			lactantēs	lactantia
genitive	lactantis			lactantium
dative	lactantī			lactantibus
accusative	lactantem	lactāns		lactantēs lactantīs	lactantia
ablative	lactante lactantī1			lactantibus
vocative	lactāns			lactantēs	lactantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “lactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lactans", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lactans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.