denticulus

Latin

Etymology

From dēns (“tooth”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /denˈti.ku.lus/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪iːkulus]
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Noun

denticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of dēns: a little tooth

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative denticulus denticulī
Genitive denticulī denticulōrum
Dative denticulō denticulīs
Accusative denticulum denticulōs
Ablative denticulō denticulīs
Vocative denticule denticulī

Descendants
  • English: denticule

References
  • “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
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