lactucarius

Latin

Etymology

From lactūca (“lettuce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lak.tuːˈkaː.ri.us/, [ɫ̪äkt̪uːˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lak.tuˈka.ri.us/, [läkt̪uˈkäːrius]

Noun

lactūcārius m (genitive lactūcāriī or lactūcārī); second declension

1. A lettuce-dealer.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lactūcārius	lactūcāriī
Genitive	lactūcāriī lactūcārī1	lactūcāriōrum
Dative	lactūcāriō	lactūcāriīs
Accusative	lactūcārium	lactūcāriōs
Ablative	lactūcāriō	lactūcāriīs
Vocative	lactūcārie	lactūcāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• lac
• lactāneus
• lactāris
• lactārius
• lactātum

• lacteō
• lacteolus
• lactesco
• lacteus
• lacticīnium

• lactifer
• lactineus
• lactō
• lactoris
• lactūcā

References

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