lactesco

Latin

Etymology

From lac (“milk”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

lactescō (present infinitive lactescere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to turn to milk
2. to have milk for suckling
3. to become capable of giving suck

Conjugation

Conjugation of lactescō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lactescō	lactescis	lactescit	lactescimus	lactescitis	lactescunt
	imperfect	lactescēbam	lactescēbās	lactescēbat	lactescēbāmus	lactescēbātis	lactescēbant
	future	lactescam	lactescēs	lactescet	lactescēmus	lactescētis	lactescent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lactescam	lactescās	lactescat	lactescāmus	lactescātis	lactescant
	imperfect	lactescerem	lactescerēs	lactesceret	lactescerēmus	lactescerētis	lactescerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lactesce	—	—	lactescite	—
	future	—	lactescitō	lactescitō	—	lactescitōte	lactescuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lactescere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		lactescēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lactescendī	lactescendō	lactescendum	lactescendō	—	—

References

• “lactesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lactesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.