denticulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts
Proto-Italic *dents
Latin dēns
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin denticulus

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    denticulus m (genitive denticulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of dēns: a little tooth, a toothlet.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative denticulus denticulī
    genitive denticulī denticulōrum
    dative denticulō denticulīs
    accusative denticulum denticulōs
    ablative denticulō denticulīs
    vocative denticule denticulī

    Descendants

    • English: denticule
    • Portuguese: dentículo
    • Spanish: dentículo

    References

    • “denticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "denticulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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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