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noun

lactūca

gen. lactūcae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
Lettuce
Lettuce, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125 sqq.; Col. 10, 179; 11, 3, 25 sq.; Verg. M. 76; Cels. 2, 32; Mart. 13, 14, 1; several species are described by Plin. H. N. 20, 7, 24, § 58 sqq.—
the plant wolf's-milk
Lactuca marina, the plant wolf's-milk, Cels. 5, 7; Col. 6, 15, 2.
Perseus ID: n25596 Key: lactuca