lactuca

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lactūca, ae, f. [lac].

I Lettuce , Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125 sqq.; Col. 10, 179; 11, 3, 25 sq.; Verg. M. 76; Cels. 2, 32; Mart. 13, 14, 1; several species are described by Plin. H. N. 20, 7, 24, § 58 sqq.—

II Lactuca marina, the plant wolf's-milk , Cels. 5, 7; Col. 6, 15, 2.

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