lacteo
lacteō, uī, 2, a. and n.: to suck. (lac)
lactĕo, ēre (used almost exclusively in the part. pres.), v. a. [lac].
- I 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. —
- II 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.
lacteo, ēre (lac), I) saugen; dah. lactēns, saugend, porcus, Saugferkel, Spanferkel, Varro: so auch porcellus, Apic.: Romulus, Cic.: hostia, Cic.: viscera lactentia, saugende Kinder, Ov.: poet., lactens annus puerique simillimus, gleichsam ein Säugling, Ov. met. 15, 201. – subst., lactentēs, ium, α) m. (sc. infantes) = Säuglinge, Vulg. Matth. 21, 16. Hieron. epist. 84, 3. – β) f. (sc. hostiae) = noch saugende Tiere, lactentibus rem divinam facere, Liv. 37, 3, 6. – II) Milch geben, säugen, sus lactens, Solin. 20, 12 M. (Variante lactans). – III) Milch in sich enthalten, milchig sein, Partiz. lactēns, milchig, saftig, dum lactent (legumina), Colum.: lactens ficus, Ov.: lactentes fici, Lucil.: herba tritici lactens, Sen.: lactens lactuca, Plin.: lactentia sata, Ov., frumenta,Verg. u. Augustin. – IV) Partiz. lactēns, milchweiß, zart, lactentes papillae, Catull. 64, 65. Petron. 86, 5.
lactĕō, (12) ēre (lac), intr., ¶ 1 téter, être à la mamelle : Cic. Cat. 3, 19 ; Leg. 2, 29 ; Ov. F. 6, 137 ¶ 2 être en lait, être laiteux [plante] : Virg. G. 1, 315 ; Ov. F. 1, 351 ; Plin. 20, 67.