Latin Word of the Day
lac
milk
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| lac |
| 1. n. milk |
| Cum lacte nutricis. - With the nurse's milk. |
| 2. n. for something sweet, pleasant |
| In melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita, atque acerbo aceto. - In honey your tongues and speeches are dipped, and in milk; your hearts are smeared w |
| Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur. - That minds may endure being satisfied as by the milk of a more pleasant discipline. (Quintilian) |
| 3. n. milky juice |
| Lac herbae. - Milk of a plant. |
| cum lacte veneni. - with poisonous milk. |
| 4. n. (poetic) milk-white color |
Example Sentences
| Tulit quoque butyrum et lac et vitulum, quem coxerat, et posuit coram eis. Ipse vero stabat iuxta eos sub arbore; et comederunt. He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree. |
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