lactuca
See also: Lactuca
Latin
lactuca
Etymology
From lac (“milk”) + -ūcus (suffix common to several plant names).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lakˈtuː.ka/, [ɫakˈtuː.ka]
Noun
lactūca f (genitive lactūcae); first declension
- lettuce
- wolf's milk (Lactuca maritima)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lactūca | lactūcae |
| Genitive | lactūcae | lactūcārum |
| Dative | lactūcae | lactūcīs |
| Accusative | lactūcam | lactūcās |
| Ablative | lactūcā | lactūcīs |
| Vocative | lactūca | lactūcae |
Related terms
- lac
- lactāneus
- lactāris
- lactārius
- lactātum
- lacteō
- lacteolus
- lactesco
- lacteus
- lacticīnium
- lactifer
- lactineus
- lactō
- lactoris
- lactūcārius
Descendants
- Aromanian: lãptucã
- Asturian: llechuga
- Catalan: lletuga
- Dutch: latuw
- English: lettuce
- French: laitue
- Friulian: latuie
- Galician: leituga
- Italian: lattuga
- Occitan: laituga, lachuga
- Portuguese: leituga
- Romanian: lăptucă
- Russian: латук (latuk)
- Sardinian: lattuca, làtua, làtia, latuca
- Sicilian: lattuca
- Spanish: lechuga
- Welsh: letys
- Translingual: Lactuca
References
- 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray