collacteus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlak.te.us/, [kɔlˈlʲäkt̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlak.te.us/, [kolˈläkt̪eus]

Noun

collacteus m (genitive collacteī); second declension

1. milk brother
2. foster brother

   Synonym: collactāneus

   Coordinate term: (female) collactea

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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

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.