denticulus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]denticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension
- diminutive of dēns: a little tooth
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | denticulus | denticulī |
| genitive | denticulī | denticulōrum |
| dative | denticulō | denticulīs |
| accusative | denticulum | denticulōs |
| ablative | denticulō | denticulīs |
| vocative | denticule | denticulī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[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