The corpus record — Latin

lactesco

To turn to milk

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Where it lives

de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

lactesco — Lewis & Short

lactesco, ĕre,

I v. inch. n. [lacteo]. *

I To turn to milk: omnis fere cibus matrum lactescere incipit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 230 al.—

II To have milk for suckling, to become capable of giving suck: asinae praegnantes continuo lactescunt, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 237: pectore, Aug. Ep. 150: segetes facit lactescere, to become milky, Serv. Verg. G. 1, 315; v. 2. Lactans.

In the wild

lactescens Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.8.p11
lactescentibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.2.p1
lactescere Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.128
lactescunt Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.29.p1
lactescere Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 37.1
lactescunt Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.41.p1

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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