lacteolus

Latin

Etymology

From lacteus (“milky”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix), from lac (“milk”) + eus (“-y”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lakˈte.o.lus/, [ɫ̪äkˈt̪eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lakˈte.o.lus/, [läkˈt̪ɛːolus]

Adjective

lacteolus (feminine lacteola, neuter lacteolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of lacteus: milky-white

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lacteolus	lacteola	lacteolum		lacteolī	lacteolae	lacteola
Genitive	lacteolī	lacteolae	lacteolī		lacteolōrum	lacteolārum	lacteolōrum
Dative	lacteolō		lacteolō		lacteolīs
Accusative	lacteolum	lacteolam	lacteolum		lacteolōs	lacteolās	lacteola
Ablative	lacteolō	lacteolā	lacteolō		lacteolīs
Vocative	lacteole	lacteola	lacteolum		lacteolī	lacteolae	lacteola

References

• “lacteolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lacteolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacteolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lacteolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016