lactis
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]lactis m or f (genitive lactis); third declension (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: latte m, latti (Campidanese)
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- ^ Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, pages 429–30
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]lactis
References
[edit]- “lactis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lactis 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)
- lactis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈlakt-e/ s.n.”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française, retrieved 5 October 2023.