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LNS

lactescō, lactescere, -, -

lacteo

verb (3^rd conjugation)

To turn to milk
To have milk for suckling, to become capable of giving suck

Abbreviations

lactesco, ere, v. inch. n. [lacteo]. * To turn to milk: omnis fere cibus matrum lactescere incipit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 230 al.

— To have milk for suckling, to become capable of giving suck: asinae praegnantes continuo lactescunt, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 237: pectore, Aug. Ep. 150: segetes facit lactescere, to become milky, Serv. Verg. G. 1, 315; v. 2. Lactans.