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
	sigmatic future1	dentīssō	dentīssis	dentīssit	dentīssimus	dentīssitis	dentīssint
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
	sigmatic aorist1	dentīssim	dentīssīs	dentīssīt	dentīssīmus	dentīssītis	dentīssint
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dentīre	dentīvisse, dentiisse	dentītūrum esse	dentīrī	dentītum esse	dentītum īrī
participles		dentiēns	—	dentītūrus	—	dentītus	dentiendus, dentiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dentiendī	dentiendō	dentiendum	dentiendō	dentītum	dentītū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

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