collacteus

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

collacteus m (genitive collacteī); second declension

  1. milk brother
  2. foster brother
    Synonym: collactāneus
    Coordinate term: (female) collactea

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative collacteus collacteī
genitive collacteī collacteōrum
dative collacteō collacteīs
accusative collacteum collacteōs
ablative collacteō collacteīs
vocative collactee collacteī

Descendants

  • Portuguese: colaço
  • Spanish: collazo
  • Asturian: collaciu, collazu (archaic), collaz (obsolete)

References

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