dentiscalpium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dens (“tooth”) + scalpō (“to scratch”) + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /den.tisˈkal.pi.um/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪ɪs̠ˈkäɫ̪piʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /den.tisˈkal.pi.um/, [d̪en̪t̪isˈkälpium]
Noun edit
dentiscalpium n (genitive dentiscalpiī or dentiscalpī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dentiscalpium | dentiscalpia |
| Genitive | dentiscalpiī dentiscalpī1 |
dentiscalpiōrum |
| Dative | dentiscalpiō | dentiscalpiīs |
| Accusative | dentiscalpium | dentiscalpia |
| Ablative | dentiscalpiō | dentiscalpiīs |
| Vocative | dentiscalpium | dentiscalpia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “dentiscalpium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dentiscalpium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.