lactuca

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Latin[edit]

lactuca

Etymology[edit]

From lac (milk) +‎ -ūcus (suffix common to several plant names).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lactūca f (genitive lactūcae); first declension

  1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa), wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima), and other Lactuca species

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lactūca lactūcae
Genitive lactūcae lactūcārum
Dative lactūcae lactūcīs
Accusative lactūcam lactūcās
Ablative lactūcā lactūcīs
Vocative lactūca lactūcae

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References[edit]

  • lactuca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lactuca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lactuca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • lactuca”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray