lactarius
See also: Lactarius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫakˈtaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lakˈt̪aː.ri.us]
Etymology 1
Derived from the oblique stem lact- of lac (“milk”) + -ārius (“-ary”)
Adjective
lactārius (feminine lactāria, neuter lactārium); first/second-declension adjective
- pertaining or relating to milk
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lactārius | lactāria | lactārium | lactāriī | lactāriae | lactāria | |
| genitive | lactāriī | lactāriae | lactāriī | lactāriōrum | lactāriārum | lactāriōrum | |
| dative | lactāriō | lactāriae | lactāriō | lactāriīs | |||
| accusative | lactārium | lactāriam | lactārium | lactāriōs | lactāriās | lactāria | |
| ablative | lactāriō | lactāriā | lactāriō | lactāriīs | |||
| vocative | lactārie | lactāria | lactārium | lactāriī | lactāriae | lactāria | |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun use of the above adjective.
Noun
lactārius m (genitive lactāriī or lactārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lactārius | lactāriī |
| genitive | lactāriī lactārī1 |
lactāriōrum |
| dative | lactāriō | lactāriīs |
| accusative | lactārium | lactāriōs |
| ablative | lactāriō | lactāriīs |
| vocative | lactārie | lactāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Italian: lattaio
References
- “lactarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lactarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lactarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers