lactans

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present participle of lactō.

Participle

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

  1. suckling, milking
  2. flattering, deceiving

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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  • 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’s 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.