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dentifrangibulum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Coined by Plautus, from dēns (tooth) +‎ frangō (break) +‎ -bulum (suffix forming instrument nouns).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dentifrangibulum n (genitive dentifrangibulī); second declension

  1. (hapax, humorous) fist
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 594–596:
      Pist. At scīn quam īrācundus siem? Nē tibi hercle haud longē est os ab īnfortūniō, ita dentifrangibula haec meīs manibus gestiunt.
      Pist. Do you know how short-tempered I am? Your mouth, by Hercules, is hardly far away from a mishap, so much are these fists stirring in my hands.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dentifrangibulum dentifrangibula
genitive dentifrangibulī dentifrangibulōrum
dative dentifrangibulō dentifrangibulīs
accusative dentifrangibulum dentifrangibula
ablative dentifrangibulō dentifrangibulīs
vocative dentifrangibulum dentifrangibula

Noun

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dentifrangibulum

  1. accusative singular of dentifrangibulus
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References

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