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

  1. lettuce
  2. 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

Descendants

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
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