lactes

See also: lactés

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.teːs/, [ˈɫ̪äkt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.tes/, [ˈläkt̪es]

Etymology 1

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g-, the same root of Latin langueō and laxus.

Noun

lactēs f pl (genitive lactium); third declension

1. (anatomy) The intestines, especially the smaller intestines
2. chitterlings

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	lactēs
Genitive	lactium
Dative	lactibus
Accusative	lactēs lactīs
Ablative	lactibus
Vocative	lactēs

Etymology 2

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lactēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lactō

References

• “lactes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lactes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Verb

lactes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of lactar.