lactens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lactens, (gen.), lactentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
suckling, unweaned; full of milk/sap, juicy; prepared with milk; milky white;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →lactens, lactentis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
suckling, unweaned animal suitable for sacrifice;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...aras corniger et querulae fetus suis, hostia lactens. Spumabit pateris hornus liquor, et ter ovantem circa delubrum gressum..." - P
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..."
