lactarius

lactarius

See also: Lactarius

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lakˈtaː.ri.us/, [ɫakˈtaː.ri.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lakˈta.ri.us/, [lakˈtaː.ri.us]

Etymology 1

Derived from the oblique stem lact- of lac (“milk”) +‎ -ārius (“-ary”)

Adjective

lactārius (feminine lactāria, neuter lactārium); first/second declension

1. pertaining or relating to milk

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lactārius	lactāria	lactārium		lactāriī	lactāriae	lactāria
Genitive	lactāriī	lactāriae	lactāriī		lactāriōrum	lactāriārum	lactāriōrum
Dative	lactāriō	lactāriae	lactāriō		lactāriīs	lactāriīs	lactāriīs
Accusative	lactārium	lactāriam	lactārium		lactāriōs	lactāriās	lactāria
Ablative	lactāriō	lactāriā	lactāriō		lactāriīs	lactāriīs	lactāriīs
Vocative	lactārie	lactāria	lactārium		lactāriī	lactāriae	lactāria

Descendants

• Aromanian: lãptar
• Asturian: llecheru
• Catalan: lleter
• French: lactaire, laiteron, laitier
• Friulian: latâr
• Galician: leiteiro
• Italian: lattaio

• Occitan: lachièr
• Portuguese: lactário, leiteiro
• Romanian: lăptar, lăptare
• Sicilian: lattaru
• Spanish: lactario, lechero
• Venetian: latèr

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun

lactārius m (genitive lactāriī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) milkman

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lactārius	lactāriī
Genitive	lactāriī	lactāriōrum
Dative	lactāriō	lactāriīs
Accusative	lactārium	lactāriōs
Ablative	lactāriō	lactāriīs
Vocative	lactārie	lactāriī

Descendants

• Italian: lattaio

References

• lactarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lactarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lactarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers