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 *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin denticulus

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛnˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [denˈtiː.ku.lus]

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

Related terms

• dēns
• dentālia
• dentālis
• dentārius
• dentātus
• denticulātus
• dentidūcum
• dentifrangibulus
• dentifricium
• dentilegus
• dentiō
• dentix

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