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lacto

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See also: lactó and lacto-

Latin

Etymology 1

From lac +‎ -ō.

Verb

lactō (present infinitive lactāre, perfect active lactāvī, supine lactātum); first conjugation

  2. to contain or give milk, suckle
  3. to suck milk from the breast
  4. (impersonal) to be full of milk
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata I.42:
      rustica lactantes nec misit Sassina metas
      nec de Picenis venit oliva cadis:
      nor did the rustic basket supply its milky [lit: being-full-of-milk] cheeses,
      or the olive emerge from its Picenian jar
Conjugation
   Conjugation of lactō (first conjugation)
More information indicative, singular ...
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: lattare
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

Etymology 2

From laciō (“entice, allure”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

lactō (present infinitive lactāre, perfect active lactāvī, supine lactātum); first conjugation

  2. to wheedle, flatter, deceive with flattery
Conjugation
   Conjugation of lactō (first conjugation)
More information indicative, singular ...
Derived terms

References

  • “lacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lacto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Portuguese

Verb

lacto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lactar

Spanish

Verb

lacto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lactar

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