denticulus

Latin

Etymology

From dēns (“tooth”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪iːkulus]

Noun

denticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension

1. 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
• Portuguese: dentículo
• Spanish: dentículo

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