Definition of lacts
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LNS
lacts, lactis
λαγαρός, root lag; Gr. λαγαρός; cf. Lat. languidus, laxus
Mostly Plural
noun (f., 3rd pure I-stem declension)
  1. the intestines
  2. the smaller intestines, chitterlings
Abbreviations
lactes, ium (in sing. lactis, is, only, acc. to Prisc. p. 686, erroneously on account of lactis agninas), f. root lag-; Gr. λαγαρός; cf. Lat. languidus, laxus, the intestines; esp. the smaller intestines, chitterlings (anteclass. and post - Aug.): ab hoc ventriculo lactes in homine et ove, per quas labitur cibus: in ceteris hillae, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200: ita cibi vocivitate venio lassis lactibus, i. e. empty, famished, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 40: pulmone et lactibus unctis, Pers. 2, 30.

—Prov.: adligare canem fugitivom agninis lactibus, said of the employment of a trifling remedy for a great evil, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 85.
 
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