verb transitive

lactĕo

2nd PP lactēre · conj. 2nd

(used almost exclusively in the

part. pres

part. pres.), v. a. lac.

To suck milk, to be a suckling poetic ••

To suck milk, to be a suckling: Romulus parvus atque lactens, uberibus lupinis inhians, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; so, lactens Juppiter puer, id. Div. 2, 41, 85: vitulus, Ov. M. 2, 624; 10, 227: lactens hostia, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; also absol.: lactentibus rem divinam facere, Liv. 37, 3.— Poet.: viscera lactentia, i. e. sucking children, sucklings, Ov. F. 6, 137.—Of the spring: tener et lactens (sc. annus), Ov. M. 15, 201. —

To contain milk; sap, to be milky, sappy, juicy; milk-food, milk-dishes ••

To contain milk or sap, to be milky, sappy, juicy: verno tempore, cum lactent novella virentia, Pall. 3, 26; cf.: nam sata, vere novo, teneris lactentia sucis, Ov. F. 1, 351: frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent, Verg. G. 1, 315: lactuca lactens, Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 67.—Subst.: lactentĭa, ium, n., milk-food, milk-dishes, Cels. 2, 28.

Perseus ID: n25577 Key: lacteo