lactuca
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See also: Lactuca
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lac (“milk”) + -ūcus (suffix common to several plant names).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lakˈtuː.ka/, [ɫ̪äkˈt̪uːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lakˈtu.ka/, [läkˈt̪uːkä]
Noun[edit]
lactūca f (genitive lactūcae); first declension
- 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 |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Proto-West Germanic: *lahtukā (see there for further descendants)
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