lactantia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lactans, (gen.), lactantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
giving milk, lactating;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - 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
"...saepe etiam nunc ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret. post ubi equum validae vires aetate senecta membraque deficiunt..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...siccata sitim collegit ab aestu, uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati. forte lacum mediocris aquae prospexit in imis vallibus..."
