lacteus, lactea, lacteum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
milky; milk-white; [~ orbis or circulus => Milky Way];
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lacteus | lactei |
| Gen. | lactei | lacteorum |
| Dat. | lacteo | — |
| Acc. | lacteum | lacteos |
| Voc. | lactee | lactei |
| Abl. | lacteo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lactea | lacteae |
| Gen. | lacteae | lactearum |
| Dat. | lacteae | — |
| Acc. | lacteam | lacteas |
| Voc. | lactea | lacteae |
| Abl. | lactea | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lacteum | lactea |
| Gen. | lactei | lacteorum |
| Dat. | lacteo | — |
| Acc. | lacteum | lactea |
| Voc. | lacteum | lactea |
| Abl. | lacteo | — |
Examples
- T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pinguis per pabula laeta corpora deponunt et candens lacteus umor uberibus manat distentis, hinc nova proles artubus infirmis..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sunt quae mitescere flamma mollirique queant; nec vobis lacteus umor eripitur, nec mella thymi redolentia florem: prodiga divitias..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nomen) materna rigescere sentit ubera; nec sequitur ducentem lacteus umor. spectatrix aderam fati crudelis, opemque non poteram tibi..."