See also: lactó and lacto-

Latin

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Etymology 1

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    From lac + .

    Verb

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    lactō (present infinitive lactāre, perfect active lactāvī, supine lactātum); first conjugation

    1. to contain or give milk, suckle
    2. to suck milk from the breast
    3. (impersonal) to be full of milk
      • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 1.43.7–8:
        rustica lactantes nec misit Sassina metas
        nec de Picenis venit oliva cadis:
        nor did the rustic basket supply its milky [lit: being-full-of-milk] cheeses,
        or the olive emerge from its Picenian jar
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    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: lattare
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    Etymology 2

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      From laciō (to entice, allure) + -tō.

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      lactō (present infinitive lactāre, perfect active lactāvī, supine lactātum); first conjugation

      1. to wheedle, flatter, deceive with flattery
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      References

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      • lacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • lacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • lacto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

      Portuguese

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      Verb

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      lacto

      1. first-person singular present indicative of lactar

      Spanish

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      lacto

      1. first-person singular present indicative of lactar