denticulus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom dēns (“tooth”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪iːkulus]
Noun
editdenticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension
- diminutive of dēns: a little tooth
Declension
editSecond-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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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