lactis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Classical lac n, reformed based on the oblique stem lact-. 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]

Pronunciation

  • (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈlaktɪs/

Noun

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

  1. milk
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lactis lactēs
Genitive lactis lactium
Dative lactī lactibus
Accusative lactem lactēs
lactīs
Ablative lacte lactibus
Vocative lactis lactēs
Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: lapti n, lapte
    • Romanian: lapte n
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: llet f
    • Franco-Provençal: lat
    • Old French: lait m (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: lach m, lait
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: lei
    • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: leite m
      • Galician: leite m
      • Portuguese: leite m (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Spanish: leche
      • Ladino: leche f
      • Spanish: leche f (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:
    • Old Irish: lacht (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *llaɨθ (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Noun

lactis

  1. genitive singular of lac

References

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