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LNS

lactō, lactāre, lactāvī, lactātus

lac

verb (1^st conjugation)

To contain milk, to have milk, to give suck
To suck milk, to take the breast, to suck
To be full of milk, to be milky

Abbreviations

lacto, āvi, ātum (used almost exclusively in the part. pres.), 1, v. a. and n. lac. To contain milk, to have milk, to give suck: ubera lactantia, Ov. M. 6, 342; 7, 321; Lucr. 5, 885: ubera quae non lactaverunt, Vulg. Luc. 23, 29: quaecunque (femina) id temporis lactans est, Gell. 12, 1, 17.

— To suck milk, to take the breast, to suck: puer lactans, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 153, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 38 Rib.); cf.: infans lactavit, Aus. Epit. 32: anni lactantes, the suckling years (of a child), id. Idyll. 4, 67.

— To be full of milk, to be milky: metae, cheeses, Mart. 1, 43, 7 (cf.: meta lactis, id. 3, 58, 35).

—Part. as subst.: lactantia, ium, n., milky food, Cels. 2, 28, 2 al.

— Act., to give suck to: lactaverunt catulos suos, Vulg. Thren. 4, 2: filium suum, id. 1 Reg. 1, 23.

—Pass.: lactare ut nutriaris, Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 130, 12: mamilla regum lactaberis, Vulg. Isa. 60, 16.