lactant
English
Etymology
From Latin lactans, present participle of lactare (“to suck”), from lac, lactis (“milk”).
Adjective
lactant (not comparable)
- suckling; giving suck
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lactant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Verb
lactant
- third-person plural present active indicative of lactō