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lactis

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Classical lac n, from earlier lact, reformed based on the oblique stem lact-. Uncertain etymology; see lac (milk). The accusative lactem is attested as early as Petronius (where it is a satirized 'vulgar' form), and the nominative lactis is found in late antiquity.[1]

Noun

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lactis m or f (genitive lactis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. milk
Declension
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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative lactis lactēs
genitive lactis lactium
dative lactī lactibus
accusative lactem lactēs
lactīs
ablative lacte lactibus
vocative lactis lactēs
Descendants
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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: lapti n, lapte
    • Istro-Romanian: låpte
    • Megleno-Romanian: lapti n
    • Romanian: lapte n
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: lat
    • Old French: lait m (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • Old Irish: lacht (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *llaɨθ (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 429–30

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lactis

  1. genitive singular of lac

References

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