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|lshtext=<b>lactes</b>: ium (in sing. [[lactis]], is, [[only]], acc. to Prisc. p. 686, [[erroneously]] on [[account]] of [[lactis]] agninas), f. [[root]] [[lag]]-; Gr. [[λαγαρός]]>; cf. Lat. [[languidus]], [[laxus]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[intestines]]; esp. the smaller [[intestines]], chitterlings (anteclass. and [[post]] - Aug.): ab hoc ventriculo [[lactes]] in homine et ove, per quas labitur [[cibus]]: in ceteris [[hillae]], Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200: ita cibi vocivitate [[venio]] lassis lactibus, i. e. [[empty]], [[famished]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 40: pulmone et lactibus unctis, Pers. 2, 30. —Prov.: adligare canem fugitivom agninis lactibus, said of the [[employment]] of a [[trifling]] [[remedy]] for a [[great]] [[evil]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 85.
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