dentex

See also: Dentex

English

Dentex angolensis

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns (“tooth”). Further from Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

dentex (plural dentexes)

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

See also

• Dentex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dentex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dentex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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.

	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
• → Translingual: Dentex

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)