verb frequentative transitive

lacto

2nd PP lactāre · 3rd PP lactāvi · 4th PP lactātum · conj. 1st

to allure, wheedle, flatter, deceive with fair words, to dupe, cajole ••

to allure, wheedle, flatter, deceive with fair words, to dupe, cajole (mostly ante-class.): dictis lenibus lactare aliquem, Att. ap. Non. 16, 17: frustrando lactans, id. ib.: ita me amor lapsum animi ludificat...retinet, lactat largitur, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 9: animos, Ter. And. 5, 4, 9; 4, 1, 24: si te lactaverint peccatores, Vulg. Prov. 1, 10: nec lactes quemquam labiis tuis, id. ib. 24, 28.

Perseus ID: n25593 Key: lacto2