lactuca
See also: Lactuca
Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From lac (“milk”) + -ūcus (suffix common to several plant names),[1] in reference to the milky white substance (latex) exuded by cut lettuce stems.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫakˈtuː.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lakˈtuː.ka]
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.
| 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]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lac, -tis (> Derivatives > lactūca 'lettuce')”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320
Further reading
[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