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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lac lactis N N :: milk; milky juice of plants; spat/spawn (of oyster)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lac</b>: [[lactis]] (nom. [[lacte]], Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl<br /><b>I</b> N. cr. al.; and lact, Aus. Idyll. 12; Mart. Cap. 3, § 307; masc. acc. lactem, App. M. 8, p. 214 fin.; 215 init.; [[but]] dub. in Gell. 12, 1, 17, [[where]] Hertz reads [[lacte]]), n. Gr. [[γάλα]], gen. γάλακτ-ος, [[milk]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: dulci repletur [[lacte]], Lucr. 5, 814: cum [[lacte]] nutricis errorem suxisse, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: [[lacte]] vivere, Caes. B. G. 4, 1: lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit, Verg. E. 2, 22: concretum vimine querno lac, Ov. M. 12, 437: [[lactis]] [[inopia]] ... [[abundantia]], Col. 5, 12, 2: a [[lacte]] cunisque, from the [[cradle]], from [[infancy]], Quint. 1, 1, 21: lac pressum, [[cheese]], Verg. E. 1, 82: coagulatum, Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 128.—Prov.: tam similem [[quam]] [[lacte]] lacti'st, as [[like]] as one [[egg]] is to [[another]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; cf.: [[neque]] lac lacti [[magis]] est [[simile]], id. Am. 2, 1, 54; id. Men. 5, 9, 30: lac gallinaceum, chicken's [[milk]], of [[something]] [[very]] [[rare]], Plin. N. H. praef. § 23; Petr. 38, 1: qui [[plus]] [[lactis]] [[quam]] sanguinis habet, of [[tender]] [[age]], Juv. 11, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., for [[something]] [[sweet]], [[pleasant]]: in melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae [[atque]] orationes, lacteque; [[corda]] felle sunt lita, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 77: ut mentes ... satiari [[velut]] quodam jucundioris disciplinae [[lacte]] patiantur, Quint. 2, 4, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Milky [[juice]], [[milk]] of plants: herbae, nigri cum [[lacte]] veneni, Verg. A. 4, 514: herbarum, Ov. M. 11, 606: tenero dum [[lacte]], [[quod]] [[intro]] est, id. Nux, 95: ficulneum, Col. 7, 8, 1: caprifici, Cels. 5, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Milk-[[white]] [[color]] ([[poet]].): [[candidus]] [[taurus]] ... una fuit [[labes]]; [[cetera]] [[lactis]] erant, Ov. A. A. 1, 290.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lăc</b>,¹⁰ [[lactis]], n., lait : Lucr. 5, 814 ; Cic. Tusc. 3, 2 &#124;&#124; a [[lacte]] cunisque Quint. 1, 1, 21, dès la première enfance &#124;&#124; suc laiteux des plantes : Virg. En. 4, 514 ; Ov. M. 11, 606 &#124;&#124; de couleur laiteuse : Ov. Ars 1, 290. [[lacte]] nomin. arch. Enn. Ann. 352 (cf. Char. 102 ) ; Pl. Mil. 240 ; acc. [[Cato]] Agr. 86 ; 150, 1 &#124;&#124; [[lact]] [[Varro]] Men. 26 B ; Aus. Idyll. 12 ; Capel. 3, 307 &#124;&#124; acc. m., lactem Petr. 71, 1 ; Apul. M. 8, 28.||a [[lacte]] cunisque Quint. 1, 1, 21, dès la première enfance||suc laiteux des plantes : Virg. En. 4, 514 ; Ov. M. 11, 606||de couleur laiteuse : Ov. Ars 1, 290. [[lacte]] nomin. arch. Enn. Ann. 352 (cf. Char. 102 ) ; Pl. Mil. 240 ; acc. [[Cato]] Agr. 86 ; 150, 1||[[lact]] [[Varro]] Men. 26 B ; Aus. Idyll. 12 ; Capel. 3, 307||acc. m., lactem Petr. 71, 1 ; Apul. M. 8, 28.
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{{Georges
|georg=lāc, [[lactis]], n. (aus *glact, griech. [[γάλα]] od. [[γλάγος]]), [[Milch]], I) eig.: ovium [[lac]], Gell.: [[lac]] asininum, Cels.: bubulum, vaccinum, Plin.: [[lac]] equinum, [[Varro]]: [[lac]] alienum ([[von]] [[einer]] anderen [[Frau]]), Gell.: [[lac]] gallinaceum, sprichw. v. [[einer]] seltenen [[Sache]], Petron. 38, 1 (u. so ut [[vel]] [[lactis]] gallinacei sperare possis haustum, [[Menge]] seltener Dinge, Plin. nat. hist. praef. § 23): [[lac]] concretum (geronnene), Tac.: [[lacte]] [[atque]] pecore vivere, Caes.: [[lacte]], caseo, carne vesci, Cic.: infantium fletum infuso [[lacte]] compescere, Sen.: filium [[lacte]] [[suo]] nutrire od. alere, Gell.: [[lac]] dare, [[säugen]], Ov.: cum [[lacte]] nutricis errorem suxisse, Cic.: satiari [[velut]] disciplinae [[lacte]], Quint. – meton., Milchfarbe, Ov. art. am. 1, 292. – II) übtr., [[Milch]], milchiger-, weißer [[Saft]] in Gewächsen, Ov. u. Cels.: v. Birnensaft, Plin. – [[lac]] veneni, giftiger [[Saft]], Verg. – / Archaist. Nomin. [[lacte]], Enn. ann. 352. [[Cato]] u.a. [[bei]] [[Charis]]. 102. [[Cato]] r. r. 86. Plaut. Bacch. 1134 G. Plin. 15, 53 u. 24, 100. Petron. 38, 1. Apul. [[met]]. 8, 19 (Variante lactem): Acc. masc. lactem, Petron. 71, 1. Apul. [[met]]. 8, 28. Gell. 12, 1, 17 (lactem [[oder]] [[lacte]]). Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 56. Itala Isai. 1, 16 ([[bei]] Ps. Cypr. adv. Iud. 8 extr.). Schol. in Caes. German. Arat. p. 422, 19 E. – Nom. [[lact]], [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 26 B. [[Auson]]. Technop. (XXVII) 13, 12. p. 139, 12 Schenkl. Mart. Cap. 3. § 307. [[Caper]] 95, 13 K. Vgl. übh. Ritschl opusc. 2, 574 ff. (der den Akk. lactem [[mit]] [[Unrecht]] verwirft).
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