lactantes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lactans, (gen.), lactantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
giving milk, lactating;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.) - Entry →lacto, lactare, lactavi, lactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
entice, lead on, induce; wheedle, cajole, dupe;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...blande cum lingua lambere temptant aut ubi eos lactant, pedibus morsuque potentes suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus, longe..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...ciui, hostis est; da regi, tyrannus est. Lactant. De Ira Dei 17.13 3(fr2).1 Ira est cupiditas..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...siquis sanguine tinctam advena vidisset, mactatos crederet illic lactantes vitulos Amathusiacasque bidentes: hospes erat caesus! sacris offensa nefandis..."