dentex

See also: Dentex

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns (tooth). Further from Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

dentex (plural dentexes)

  1. (ichthyology) Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • dentix, dentrix

Etymology

dēns, dent- +‎ -ex

Noun

dentex m (genitive denticis); third declension

  1. a kind of bream

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dentex denticēs
genitive denticis denticum
dative denticī denticibus
accusative denticem denticēs
ablative dentice denticibus
vocative dentex denticēs

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: dentís
  • Italian: dentice
  • Translingual: Dentex

References

  • dentex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "dentex", 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)