"lac" meaning in Latin

See lac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɫak] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlak] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From lact by simplification of a word-final sequence of two plosives (the variant nominative/accusative form lacte shows the addition of a vowel as an alternative). The etymology is controversial: there is no consensus on the cognate set, the manner of descent (inheritance vs. borrowing), or the form and ultimate origin of the etymon. Possible cognates include Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”, stem γᾰ́λᾰκτ- (gắlăkt-)), Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”) and its likely variant *կաղց (*kałcʻ), Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”), Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), Romanian zară (“buttermilk”) and Waigali zōr (“milk”). More information Pokorny reconstructs the Latin and Greek words as inherited from Proto-Indo-European *glakt n from a root *glag- or *glak-. De Vaan derives the Latin, Greek and Armenian forms from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥gt-, and follows Meiser in explaining the loss of initial *g- in Latin as a result of long-distance dissimilation. Per Nielsen, the Latin and Greek words can be derived from *glakt-, Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ) can be derived from *g(a)l(ḱ)t- (requiring an initial non-palatal velar), and Albanian dhallë can perhaps be derived from *ǵal(K)- (requiring an initial palatal velar); on the basis of the variability in the initial consonant and the unusual root structure, Nielsen considers the root to be non-Indo-European in origin. Garnier, Sagart and Sagot 2017 attempt to derive the term from the root *h₂melǵ- (“milk”), instead: citing Garnier 2016's reconstruction of a verb *ambi-blactāre (“to milk with both hands”) > *amblactāre, they suppose that it was subsequently reanalyzed as *amb-lactāre > lactāre, which subsequently yielded the noun lact (> lac) via back-formation. For another possible relation, see dulcis. Etymology templates: {{unc|la|controversial}} controversial, {{cog|grc|γάλα|ng=stem <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">γᾰ́λᾰκτ-</i> (gắlăkt-)|t=milk}} Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”, stem γᾰ́λᾰκτ- (gắlăkt-)), {{cog|xcl|կաթն|t=milk}} Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”), {{cog|hit|𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻|t=balm, resin|tr=galaktar}} Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”), {{cog|sq|dhallë|t=buttermilk}} Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), {{cog|ro|zară|t=buttermilk}} Romanian zară (“buttermilk”), {{cog|wbk|zōr|t=milk}} Waigali zōr (“milk”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*glakt|g=n}} Proto-Indo-European *glakt n, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*gl̥gt-}} Proto-Indo-European *gl̥gt-, {{cog|xcl||*կաղց}} Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ), {{cog|sq||dhallë}} Albanian dhallë Head templates: {{la-noun|lac/lact<3.N>}} lac n (genitive lactis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lac/lact<3.N>}} Forms: lactis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lac [nominative, singular], lacta [nominative, plural], lactis [genitive, singular], lactum [genitive, plural], lactī [dative, singular], lactibus [dative, plural], lac [accusative, singular], lacta [accusative, plural], lacte [ablative, singular], lactibus [ablative, plural], lac [singular, vocative], lacta [plural, vocative], lact [alternative], lacte [alternative], lactis [alternative]
  1. milk Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-lac-la-noun-iCXnZTD4 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Beverages, Liquids, Milk Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 22 26 30 22 Disambiguation of Beverages: 62 5 29 5 Disambiguation of Liquids: 63 5 28 5 Disambiguation of Milk: 97 0 3 0
  2. for something sweet, pleasant Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-lac-la-noun-jX4A-3nE Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 22 26 30 22
  3. milky juice Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-lac-la-noun-iq8v-25n Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 38 18 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 22 26 30 22
  4. (poetic) milk-white color Tags: declension-3, neuter, poetic
    Sense id: en-lac-la-noun-Sztg-yHH Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Colors Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 22 26 30 22 Disambiguation of Colors: 7 7 26 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cāseus, mulgeō, ūber
Derived forms: ā lacte cūnīsque, collactāneus, lac pressum, lactāneus, lactāris, lactārius, lactātum, lacteō, lacteolus, lactēscō, lacteus, lacticīnium, lactifer, lactineus, lactō, lactoris, lactōsus, lactūca, lactūcārius, qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet, tam similem, quam lactis

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "collactāneus"
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      "word": "lac pressum"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "lactis",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "lacta",
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      "form": "lactum",
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          "lactī",
          "lacti#Latin"
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      "form": "lactibus",
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      "form": "lactibus",
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      "form": "lac",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "lact",
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      "form": "lacte",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cāseus"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mulgeō"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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              21
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          "english": "With the nurse's milk.",
          "text": "Cum lacte nutricis.",
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        {
          "english": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar.",
          "ref": "c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 178–179",
          "text": "In melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita, atque acerbo aceto.",
          "translation": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[…] , that teachers may let minds tender still be satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline.",
          "ref": "c. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria 2.4.5",
          "text": "[…], ut [doctores] teneras adhuc mentes[…]satiari velut quodam iucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.",
          "translation": "[…] , that teachers may let minds tender still be satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline.",
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          "_dis": "18 26 38 18",
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          "english": "with poisonous milk.",
          "text": "cum lacte veneni.",
          "translation": "with poisonous milk.",
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        {
          "english": "my future fruits are not good to anyone.",
          "text": "c. 1st century BCE, Anonymous (formerly misattributed to Ovid), Nux\nLamina mollis adhuc tenero dum lacte, quod intro est,\nnec mala sunt ulli nostra futura bono.\nAs their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,",
          "translation": "my future fruits are not good to anyone.",
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        {
          "english": "As fortune had it, in the shadowy valleys of forested Ida,\nthere was a white bull, the glory of its herd,\nmarked by slightly black colour between its horns;\nthe blemish was (only) one, the rest were milk-white.",
          "ref": "2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 1.290",
          "roman": "una fuit labes, cetera lactis erant.",
          "text": "Forte sub umbrosis nemorosae vallibus Idae\ncandidus, armenti gloria, taurus erat,\nsignatus tenui media inter cornua nigro;",
          "translation": "As fortune had it, in the shadowy valleys of forested Ida,\nthere was a white bull, the glory of its herd,\nmarked by slightly black colour between its horns;\nthe blemish was (only) one, the rest were milk-white.",
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        "(poetic) milk-white color"
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      "ipa": "[ˈlak]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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}
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      "word": "lacteus"
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      "word": "lactūca"
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      "word": "lactūcārius"
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      "word": "qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet"
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      "form": "lactis",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "form": "lac",
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      "form": "lacta",
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      "form": "lactum",
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          "lactī",
          "lacti#Latin"
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      "form": "lactibus",
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      "form": "lac",
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      "form": "lacta",
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      "form": "lacte",
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      "form": "lactibus",
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      "form": "lact",
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    {
      "form": "lacte",
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    {
      "word": "cāseus"
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    {
      "word": "mulgeō"
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    {
      "word": "ūber"
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          "english": "With the nurse's milk.",
          "text": "Cum lacte nutricis.",
          "translation": "With the nurse's milk.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "milk"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar.",
          "ref": "c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 178–179",
          "text": "In melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita, atque acerbo aceto.",
          "translation": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "[…] , that teachers may let minds tender still be satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline.",
          "ref": "c. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria 2.4.5",
          "text": "[…], ut [doctores] teneras adhuc mentes[…]satiari velut quodam iucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.",
          "translation": "[…] , that teachers may let minds tender still be satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for something sweet, pleasant"
      ],
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          "english": "Milk of a plant.",
          "text": "Lac herbae.",
          "translation": "Milk of a plant.",
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          "english": "with poisonous milk.",
          "text": "cum lacte veneni.",
          "translation": "with poisonous milk.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "my future fruits are not good to anyone.",
          "text": "c. 1st century BCE, Anonymous (formerly misattributed to Ovid), Nux\nLamina mollis adhuc tenero dum lacte, quod intro est,\nnec mala sunt ulli nostra futura bono.\nAs their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,",
          "translation": "my future fruits are not good to anyone.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "milky juice"
      ],
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          "milky",
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          "juice",
          "juice"
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "As fortune had it, in the shadowy valleys of forested Ida,\nthere was a white bull, the glory of its herd,\nmarked by slightly black colour between its horns;\nthe blemish was (only) one, the rest were milk-white.",
          "ref": "2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 1.290",
          "roman": "una fuit labes, cetera lactis erant.",
          "text": "Forte sub umbrosis nemorosae vallibus Idae\ncandidus, armenti gloria, taurus erat,\nsignatus tenui media inter cornua nigro;",
          "translation": "As fortune had it, in the shadowy valleys of forested Ida,\nthere was a white bull, the glory of its herd,\nmarked by slightly black colour between its horns;\nthe blemish was (only) one, the rest were milk-white.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "milk-white color"
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          "milk-white"
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        "(poetic) milk-white color"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫak]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlak]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lac"
}

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