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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "from the cradle, from infancy",
"word": "ā lacte cūnīsque"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "cheese",
"word": "lac pressum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "as like as one egg is to another",
"word": "tam similem, quam lactis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "of tender age",
"word": "qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "collactāneus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lacteolus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lacteus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lacteō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lacticīnium"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactifer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactineus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactoris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactāneus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactāris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactātum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactēscō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactōsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactūca"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lactūcārius"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "lactis"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin: lactis",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Late Latin: lactis (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lactic",
"3": "lact(o)-",
"bor": "1",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "→⇒ English: lactic, lact(o)-",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→⇒ English: lactic, lact(o)-"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "lakto",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: lakto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: lakto"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "lakto"
},
"expansion": "Ido: lakto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ido: lakto"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ia",
"2": "lacte",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Interlingua: lacte",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Interlingua: lacte"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ie",
"2": "lacte",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Interlingue: lacte",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Interlingue: lacte"
}
],
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "lact"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lacte"
},
"expansion": "lacte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "controversial"
},
"expansion": "controversial",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γάλα",
"alt": "γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ-",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ- (gála, gálakt-/gálak-, “milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "կաթն",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "*կաղց"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "կախց"
},
"expansion": "Armenian կախց (kaxcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻",
"t": "balm, resin",
"tr": "galaktar"
},
"expansion": "Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "dhallë",
"t": "buttermilk"
},
"expansion": "Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "zară",
"t": "buttermilk"
},
"expansion": "Romanian zară (“buttermilk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wbk",
"2": "zōr",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Waigali zōr (“milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*glakt",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *glakt n",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*glag-"
},
"expansion": "*glag-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*glak-"
},
"expansion": "*glak-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gl̥gt-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gl̥gt-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "",
"3": "*կաղց"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "",
"3": "dhallë"
},
"expansion": "Albanian dhallë",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₂melǵ-",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "*h₂melǵ- (“milk”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*ambĭ-blactāre",
"t": "to milk with both hands"
},
"expansion": "*ambĭ-blactāre (“to milk with both hands”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*amblactāre"
},
"expansion": "*amblactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*amb-lactāre"
},
"expansion": "*amb-lactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lactō",
"3": "lactāre"
},
"expansion": "lactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lac(t)"
},
"expansion": "lac(t)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lactāre"
},
"expansion": "lactāre",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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 orgin of the etymon. Possible cognates include Ancient Greek γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ- (gála, gálakt-/gálak-, “milk”), Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”) (or perhaps only its variant form Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ), reconstructed as the ancestor of modern dialectal Armenian կախց (kaxcʻ)) Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”), Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), Romanian zară (“buttermilk”) and Waigali zōr (“milk”).\nMore information\nPokorny 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.\nThere have been attempts to derive the word instead from the root *h₂melǵ- (“milk”).\n* Garnier, Sagart and Sagot 2017 cite Garnier 2016's reconstruction of a verb *ambĭ-blactāre (“to milk with both hands”) > *amblactāre, supposing this was subsequently reanalyzed as *amb-lactāre and lost the prefix to yield the attested verb lactāre. The noun lac(t) would then derive by back-formation from the verb lactāre.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lactis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lactis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lactī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lac/lact<3.N.sg>"
},
"expansion": "lac n sg (genitive lactis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lac/lact<3.N.sg>"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "With the nurse's milk.",
"text": "Cum lacte nutricis.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk"
],
"id": "en-lac-la-noun-iCXnZTD4",
"links": [
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"milk",
"milk"
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],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar. (Plautus)",
"text": "In melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita, atque acerbo aceto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That minds may endure being satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline. (Quintilian)",
"text": "Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for something sweet, pleasant"
],
"id": "en-lac-la-noun-jX4A-3nE",
"links": [
[
"sweet",
"sweet"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 26 38 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 9 63 11",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Beverages",
"orig": "la:Beverages",
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"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 69 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Liquids",
"orig": "la:Liquids",
"parents": [
"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 2 50 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Milk",
"orig": "la:Milk",
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"Bodily fluids",
"Dairy products",
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Body parts",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Milk of a plant.",
"text": "Lac herbae.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "with poisonous milk.",
"text": "cum lacte veneni.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "As their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,\nmy 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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milky juice"
],
"id": "en-lac-la-noun-iq8v-25n",
"links": [
[
"milky",
"milky"
],
[
"juice",
"juice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 85",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 24 59",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Colors",
"orig": "la:Colors",
"parents": [
"Light",
"Vision",
"Energy",
"Senses",
"Nature",
"Perception",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"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, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria I.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;"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk-white color"
],
"id": "en-lac-la-noun-Sztg-yHH",
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"milk-white",
"milk-white"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) milk-white color"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"poetic",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lak/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪äk]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lak/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[läk]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lact"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "lacte"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:lac"
],
"word": "lac"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 1-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin neuter nouns",
"Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"la:Beverages",
"la:Colors",
"la:Liquids",
"la:Milk",
"zza:Family"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "from the cradle, from infancy",
"word": "ā lacte cūnīsque"
},
{
"english": "cheese",
"word": "lac pressum"
},
{
"english": "as like as one egg is to another",
"word": "tam similem, quam lactis"
},
{
"english": "of tender age",
"word": "qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet"
},
{
"word": "collactāneus"
},
{
"word": "lacteolus"
},
{
"word": "lacteus"
},
{
"word": "lacteō"
},
{
"word": "lacticīnium"
},
{
"word": "lactifer"
},
{
"word": "lactineus"
},
{
"word": "lactoris"
},
{
"word": "lactāneus"
},
{
"word": "lactāris"
},
{
"word": "lactārius"
},
{
"word": "lactātum"
},
{
"word": "lactēscō"
},
{
"word": "lactō"
},
{
"word": "lactōsus"
},
{
"word": "lactūca"
},
{
"word": "lactūcārius"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "lactis"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin: lactis",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Late Latin: lactis (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lactic",
"3": "lact(o)-",
"bor": "1",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "→⇒ English: lactic, lact(o)-",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→⇒ English: lactic, lact(o)-"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "lakto",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: lakto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: lakto"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "lakto"
},
"expansion": "Ido: lakto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ido: lakto"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ia",
"2": "lacte",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Interlingua: lacte",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Interlingua: lacte"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ie",
"2": "lacte",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Interlingue: lacte",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Interlingue: lacte"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lact"
},
"expansion": "lact",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lacte"
},
"expansion": "lacte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "controversial"
},
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"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "γάλα",
"alt": "γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ-",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ- (gála, gálakt-/gálak-, “milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "կաթն",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "*կաղց"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "կախց"
},
"expansion": "Armenian կախց (kaxcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hit",
"2": "𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻",
"t": "balm, resin",
"tr": "galaktar"
},
"expansion": "Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "dhallë",
"t": "buttermilk"
},
"expansion": "Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "zară",
"t": "buttermilk"
},
"expansion": "Romanian zară (“buttermilk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wbk",
"2": "zōr",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "Waigali zōr (“milk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*glakt",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *glakt n",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*glag-"
},
"expansion": "*glag-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*glak-"
},
"expansion": "*glak-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gl̥gt-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gl̥gt-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "",
"3": "*կաղց"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "",
"3": "dhallë"
},
"expansion": "Albanian dhallë",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₂melǵ-",
"t": "milk"
},
"expansion": "*h₂melǵ- (“milk”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*ambĭ-blactāre",
"t": "to milk with both hands"
},
"expansion": "*ambĭ-blactāre (“to milk with both hands”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*amblactāre"
},
"expansion": "*amblactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "*amb-lactāre"
},
"expansion": "*amb-lactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lactō",
"3": "lactāre"
},
"expansion": "lactāre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lac(t)"
},
"expansion": "lac(t)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lactāre"
},
"expansion": "lactāre",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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 orgin of the etymon. Possible cognates include Ancient Greek γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ-/γᾰ́λᾰκ- (gála, gálakt-/gálak-, “milk”), Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”) (or perhaps only its variant form Old Armenian *կաղց (*kałcʻ), reconstructed as the ancestor of modern dialectal Armenian կախց (kaxcʻ)) Hittite 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “balm, resin”), Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), Romanian zară (“buttermilk”) and Waigali zōr (“milk”).\nMore information\nPokorny 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.\nThere have been attempts to derive the word instead from the root *h₂melǵ- (“milk”).\n* Garnier, Sagart and Sagot 2017 cite Garnier 2016's reconstruction of a verb *ambĭ-blactāre (“to milk with both hands”) > *amblactāre, supposing this was subsequently reanalyzed as *amb-lactāre and lost the prefix to yield the attested verb lactāre. The noun lac(t) would then derive by back-formation from the verb lactāre.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lactis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lactis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lactī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lac",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lac/lact<3.N.sg>"
},
"expansion": "lac n sg (genitive lactis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lac/lact<3.N.sg>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "With the nurse's milk.",
"text": "Cum lacte nutricis.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk"
],
"links": [
[
"milk",
"milk"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared with gall and with bitter vinegar. (Plautus)",
"text": "In melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita, atque acerbo aceto.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That minds may endure being satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline. (Quintilian)",
"text": "Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for something sweet, pleasant"
],
"links": [
[
"sweet",
"sweet"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Milk of a plant.",
"text": "Lac herbae.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "with poisonous milk.",
"text": "cum lacte veneni.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "As their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,\nmy 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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milky juice"
],
"links": [
[
"milky",
"milky"
],
[
"juice",
"juice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin poetic terms",
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"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, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria I.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;"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk-white color"
],
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"milk-white",
"milk-white"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) milk-white color"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter",
"poetic",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lak/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪äk]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lak/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[läk]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lact"
},
{
"word": "lacte"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:lac"
],
"word": "lac"
}
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