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lac



lac
milk


Definitions

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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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