lactārĭus

I. of or belonging to milk, containing milk, milky; made of milk or with milk.

I. In gen.: lactaria columna in foro holitorio dicta, quod ibi infantes lacte alendos deferebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88: herba, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62: opus, Lampr. Heliog. 32: Mons, Cassiod. Var. 11, 10 init.—So, absol.: lactārĭum, ii, n., milkfood, Lampr. Heliog. 26.—lactārĭus, ii, m., a preparer of milk-food, Lampr. Heliog 27, 3.—Also, a seller of milk, = γαλακτοπώλης, Gloss. Labb.—

II. In partic., suckling, giving suck: boves, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17.