dentio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈden.ti.o/, [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈden.t͡si.o/, [ˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Etymology 1

From dens (“tooth”) +‎ -īre (forming verbs).

Verb

dentiō (present infinitive dentīre, perfect active dentīvī, supine dentītum); fourth conjugation

1. to teethe; to grow teeth

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dentiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dentiō		dentīs		dentit		dentīmus		dentītis		dentiunt
	imperfect	dentiēbam		dentiēbās		dentiēbat		dentiēbāmus		dentiēbātis		dentiēbant
	future	dentiam		dentiēs		dentiet		dentiēmus		dentiētis		dentient
	perfect	dentīvī, dentiī		dentīvistī, dentiistī		dentīvit, dentiit		dentīvimus, dentiimus		dentīvistis, dentiistis		dentīvērunt, dentīvēre, dentiērunt, dentiēre
	pluperfect	dentīveram, dentieram		dentīverās, dentierās		dentīverat, dentierat		dentīverāmus, dentierāmus		dentīverātis, dentierātis		dentīverant, dentierant
	future perfect	dentīverō, dentierō		dentīveris, dentieris		dentīverit, dentierit		dentīverimus, dentierimus		dentīveritis, dentieritis		dentīverint, dentierint
passive	present	dentior		dentīris, dentīre		dentītur		dentīmur		dentīminī		dentiuntur
	imperfect	dentiēbar		dentiēbāris, dentiēbāre		dentiēbātur		dentiēbāmur		dentiēbāminī		dentiēbantur
	future	dentiar		dentiēris, dentiēre		dentiētur		dentiēmur		dentiēminī		dentientur
	perfect	dentītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dentītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dentītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dentiam		dentiās		dentiat		dentiāmus		dentiātis		dentiant
	imperfect	dentīrem		dentīrēs		dentīret		dentīrēmus		dentīrētis		dentīrent
	perfect	dentīverim, dentierim		dentīverīs, dentierīs		dentīverit, dentierit		dentīverīmus, dentierīmus		dentīverītis, dentierītis		dentīverint, dentierint
	pluperfect	dentīvissem, dentiissem		dentīvissēs, dentiissēs		dentīvisset, dentiisset		dentīvissēmus, dentiissēmus		dentīvissētis, dentiissētis		dentīvissent, dentiissent
passive	present	dentiar		dentiāris, dentiāre		dentiātur		dentiāmur		dentiāminī		dentiantur
	imperfect	dentīrer		dentīrēris, dentīrēre		dentīrētur		dentīrēmur		dentīrēminī		dentīrentur
	perfect	dentītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dentītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dentī		—		—		dentīte		—
	future	—		dentītō		dentītō		—		dentītōte		dentiuntō
passive	present	—		dentīre		—		—		dentīminī		—
	future	—		dentītor		dentītor		—		—		dentiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dentīre			dentīrī			dentiēns			—
future		dentītūrum esse			dentītum īrī			dentītūrus			dentiendus, dentiundus
perfect		dentīvisse, dentiisse			dentītum esse			—			dentītus
future perfect		—			dentītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dentītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dentiendī		dentiendō		dentiendum		dentiendō		dentītum		dentītū

Etymology 2

From dens (“tooth”) +‎ -io (forming abstract nouns)

Noun

dentiō f (genitive dentiōnis); third declension

1. teething
2. dentation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dentiō	dentiōnēs
genitive	dentiōnis	dentiōnum
dative	dentiōnī	dentiōnibus
accusative	dentiōnem	dentiōnēs
ablative	dentiōne	dentiōnibus
vocative	dentiō	dentiōnēs

References

• “dentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press