lact

Latin

Etymology

See lac (“milk”); lact is the most ancient form of this word in Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lakt/, [ɫ̪äkt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lakt/, [läkt̪]

Noun

lact n (genitive lactis); third declension

1. Alternative form of lac

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	lact
Genitive	lactis
Dative	lactī
Accusative	lact
Ablative	lacte
Vocative	lact

References

• “lac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lact in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.