lactens, (gen.), lactentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
suckling, unweaned; full of milk/sap, juicy; prepared with milk; milky white;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | lactentia |
| Acc. | lactens | lactentia |
| Voc. | — | lactentia |
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...aras corniger et querulae fetus suis, hostia lactens. Spumabit pateris hornus liquor, et ter ovantem circa delubrum gressum..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adspicis, aetatis peragentem imitamina nostrae? nam tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo vere novo est: tunc herba recens..."