[65] lactentis: not of the color, but of the full development, of the breasts in the mature woman; cf. Verg. G. 1.315 “frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent” ; Ov. Fast. 1.351 “sata vere novo teneris lactentia sucis” ; and especially Petron. 86 “implevi lactentibus papillis manus” .
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