adjective

lactĕus

fem. lactea · neut. lacteum

Of milk, milky; full of milk poetic

Of milk, milky; full of milk (mostly poet.).

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Lit.: umor, Ov. M. 15, 79: ubera, Verg. G. 2, 525.—

milk-drinking, sucking •

In partic., milk-drinking, sucking: vernae, Mart. 3, 58, 22: porcus, id. 3, 47, 12.—

milk-white, milkcolored, milky; the Milky Way by extension ••

Transf., milk-white, milkcolored, milky: colla, Verg. A. 8, 660: cervix, id. ib. 10, 137: gemma, Mart. 8, 45, 2: circulus, the Gr. γαλαξίας κύκλος, the Milky Way, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16; also, via, Ov. M. 1, 168.—

pure

Illa Livi lactea ubertas, pure, Quint. 10, 1, 32.

Perseus ID: n25582 Key: lacteus