dentex

See also: Dentex

English

Dentex angolensis

Wikispecies

Etymology

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Noun

dentex (plural dentexes)

1. (zoology) Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

Anagrams

• extend

Latin

Alternative forms

• dentix, dentrix

Etymology

dēns, dent- +‎ -ex

Noun

dentex m (genitive denticis); third declension

1. a kind of bream

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dentex	denticēs
Genitive	denticis	denticum
Dative	denticī	denticibus
Accusative	denticem	denticēs
Ablative	dentice	denticibus
Vocative	dentex	denticēs

Descendants

• Dalmatian: dentís
• Italian: dentice

References

• dentex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dentex 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)