denticulus
Latin
Etymology
From dēns (“tooth”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪iːkulus]
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Noun
denticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension
- Diminutive of dēns: a little tooth
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | denticulus | denticulī |
| Genitive | denticulī | denticulōrum |
| Dative | denticulō | denticulīs |
| Accusative | denticulum | denticulōs |
| Ablative | denticulō | denticulīs |
| Vocative | denticule | denticulī |
Related terms
- dēns
- dentālis
- dentālia
- dentārius
- dentātus
- denticulātus
- dentidūcum
- dentifrangibulus
- dentifricium
- dentilegus
- dentiō
- dentix
Descendants
- English: denticule
References
- “denticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- denticulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- denticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “denticulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers